Collective learning in clusters: Mechanisms and biases

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 553-573

  Staber, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cluster; Collective learning; Evolutionary theory; Imitation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BUSINESS SERVICE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LEARNING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70449659101     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620802529526     Document Type: Article

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