Social capital and localised learning: Proximity and place in technological and institutional dynamics

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 799-817

  Lorenzen, Mark ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; LEARNING; REGIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247253810     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601184752     Document Type: Article

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