From clusters to cluster-based economic development

International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-392

  Ketels, Christian H M ^a   Memedovic, Olga ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b United Nations Industrial Development Organizations   (Austria)

Author keywords

cluster concept; cluster based economic development; competitiveness; economic diversification; economic performance; economic policy; Global Value Chains; GVCs; organised collaboration; resource rich countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651273959     PISSN: 17531942     EISSN: 17531950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTLID.2008.019979     Document Type: Article

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