Myopia, knowledge development and cluster evolution

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-618

  Maskell, Peter ^a   Malmberg, Anders ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Institutional change; Localized learning; Lock in; Proximity; Routines

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INNOVATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548227898     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm020     Document Type: Article

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