Industrial specialization and regional clusters in the ten new EU member states

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 104-130

  Sölvell, Örjan ^a   Ketels, Christian ^a   Lindqvist, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Economic development; European Union; Geographic regions; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954772948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595420810874637     Document Type: Article

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