Seven perspectives on regional clusters and the case of Grand Rapids office furniture city

International Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-384

  Gupta, Vipin ^a   Subramanian, Ram ^b  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Globalization; Regional clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049125949     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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