Performing in Dutch book publishing 1880-2008: The importance of entrepreneurial experience and the Amsterdam cluster

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1007-1029

  Heebels, Barbara ^a   Boschma, Ron ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clusters; Cox regression; Evolutionary economic geography; Publishing industry; Spinoffs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PUBLISHING; RELOCATION;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 79951527959     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq048     Document Type: Article

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