An emerging ICT cluster in a marginal region: The Sardinian experience

Regional Development in the Knowledge Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 203-226

  Ferrucci, Luca ^a   Porcheddu, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

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EID: 46749101561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203017319     Document Type: Chapter

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