Co-evolution of firms, industries and networks in space

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 919-933

  Ter Wal, Anne L J ^a   Boschma, Ron ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster evolution; Evolutionary economic geography; Industrial dynamics; Network dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79960623100     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802662658     Document Type: Article

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