The internationalization of production by Italian industrial districts' firms: Structural and behavioural determinants

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 719-735

  Mariotti, Sergio ^a   Mutinelli, Marco ^b   Piscitello, Lucia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 46749129375     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701543264     Document Type: Article

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