Knowledge diffusion within the Datang sock-manufacturing cluster in China

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 977-996

  Zhang, Gang ^a   Xu, Qian ^b   Liu, Xiaming ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Cluster; Knowledge diffusion; Simulation China

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

CHINA;

EID: 79960625076     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400802662641     Document Type: Article

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