What qualifies as a cluster theory?

Clusters and Regional Development: Critical Reflections and Explorations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 30-49

  Maskell, Peter ^a,b   Kebir, Leïla ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b DRUID The Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 34447516290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203640890     Document Type: Chapter

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