Spatial agglomeration, technological innovations, and firm productivity: Evidence from Italian industrial districts

Growth and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 414-435

  Cainelli, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49849096744     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2008.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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