International trade fairs as amplifiers of permanent and temporary proximities in clusters

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-187

  Ramírez Pasillas, Marcela ^a,b  

^a EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Mexico)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clusters; International trade fairs; Permanent and temporary proximity; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 77950954194     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620902815106     Document Type: Article

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