Firm growth in industrial clusters of the United Kingdom

Small Business Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-424

  Beaudry, Catherine ^a   Swann, G M Peter ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Growth; Industrial clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449209189     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9083-9     Document Type: Article

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