The development of industrial clusters and public policy

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-542

  McDonald, Frank ^a   Tsagdis, Dimitrios ^a   Huang, Qihai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial clusters; Performance; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY;

EID: 33751349050     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620600884636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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