Multiscale analysis of interfirm networks in regional clusters

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-180

  Kajikawa, Yuya ^a   Takeda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sakata, Ichiro ^a   Matsushima, Katsumori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interfirm network; Module; Multiscale modeling; Regional cluster; Small world

Indexed keywords

CONNECTED NETWORKS; INTERFIRM NETWORK; LARGE DATABASE; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; NETWORK SIZE; NETWORK THEORY; REGIONAL CLUSTERS; SMALL WORLDS;

EID: 75349089212     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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