The shifting geography of competitive advantage: Clusters, networks and firms

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 599-618

  Jenkins, Mark ^a   Tallman, Stephen ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Competitive advantage; Formula 1; Knowledge flows; Networks

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 77954361460     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq015     Document Type: Article

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