Innovation and industrial districts: A first approach to the measurement and determinants of the I-district effect

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1117-1133

  Boix, Rafael ^a   Galletto, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ECONOMETRICS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SIZE EFFECT; TYPOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70449450292     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400801932342     Document Type: Article

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