On the crest of a wave: The New Zealand boat-building cluster

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 313-329

  Chetty, Sylvie ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boat building; Clusters; Collaboration; Competitive advantage; Internationalisation; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749135028     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2004.005662     Document Type: Article

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