Cluster policies in the US and Germany: Varieties of capitalism perspective on two high-tech states

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1063-1082

  Sternberg, Rolf ^a   Kiese, Matthias ^b   Stockinger, Dennis ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL POLICY;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650616036     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c1019b     Document Type: Article

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