Collective efficiency, policy inducement and social embeddedness: Drivers for the development of industrial districts

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Parrilli, Mario Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collective efficiency; Furniture; Industrial districts; Policy inducement; Social embeddedness

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FORLI; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 59449096563     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620801886513     Document Type: Article

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