Contextualizing research on social capital in regional clusters

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 505-521

  Staber, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cluster; Context; Industrial district; Social capital; Social network

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 35349001199     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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