Maritime clusters in diverse regional contexts: The case of Canada

Marine Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 520-527

  Doloreux, David ^a   Shearmur, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clusters; Maritime industry; Pacific ocean technology cluster and network; Quebec's coastal maritime cluster; St. John's ocean technology cluster

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 59849099613     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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