Competitive and synergic behaviours in the development of industrial clusters: Ecological modelling and empirical evidence

Contributions to Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 123-165

  Fortis, Marco ^a   Maggioni, Mario A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644318785     PISSN: 14311933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50007-7_8     Document Type: Article

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