A transaction cost approach to analysing industrial districts

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-252

  Serarols I Tarrés, Christian ^a   Co, Mary Jesselyn ^b   Spohn, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industrial districts; Interfirm cooperation; Manufacturing; Small firms; Sweden; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449123622     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0064-x     Document Type: Article

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