Cutting porter's last diamond: Competitive and comparative (Dis)advantages in the Dutch flower cluster

Transition Studies Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-319

  Tavoletti, Ernesto ^a   Te Velde, Robbin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b Dialogic Innovation and Interaction   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster; Comparative advantages; Competitive advantages; District; Dutch flower cluster; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749105646     PISSN: 16144007     EISSN: 16144015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11300-008-0017-2     Document Type: Article

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