Maritime cluster of Japan: Implications for the cluster formation policies

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-399

  Shinohara, Masato ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; NETWORKING;

JAPAN;

EID: 77954400076     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2010.486648     Document Type: Article

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