Dynamics and agents of regional growth: The performance of SME clusters in Europe

Regional Economic Growth, SMEs and the Wider Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 103-126

  Eraydin, Ayda ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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