Looking behind facades: Evaluating effects of (automotive) cluster promotion

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1343-1356

  Fromhold Eisebith, Martina ^a   Eisebith, Günter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotives; Cluster promotion; Effects; Evaluation; Methodology; Regional development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57549096136     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701654202     Document Type: Article

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