A competing or co-operating cluster or seven decades of combinatory resources? What's behind a prospering biotech valley?

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 125-150

  Waluszewski, Alexandra ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cluster borders; Interaction; Knowledge development; Networks; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444345338     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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