Agglomeration economies and firm performance: The case of industry clusters

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-481

  Kukalis, Sal ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Industry cluster; Industry life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249115767     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308329964     Document Type: Article

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