The Cambridge high-tech cluster: An evolutionary perspective

Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 27-47

  Garnsey, Elizabeth ^a   Heffernan, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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