Performance management of regional clusters and SME cooperation networks

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 457-483

  Cecílio Gerolamo, Mateus ^a,b   Ribeiro Carpinetti, Luiz César ^a   Seliger, G ünther ^b   Cardoza Galdámez, Edwin Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; clusters; cooperation networks; Germany; regional sustainable development; Small and Medium sized Enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149091633     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2008.018844     Document Type: Article

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