The institutional determinants of agglomeration: A study in the global semiconductor industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1769-1800

  Martin, Xavier ^a   Salomon, Robert M ^b   Wu, Zheying ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649603250     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq049     Document Type: Article

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