Getting into networks and clusters: Evidence from the Midi-Pyrenean global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) collaboration network

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1059-1078

  Vicente, Jerome ^a,b   Balland, Pierre A ^a   Brossard, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster; Economic geography; Global navigation satellite systems; GNSS; Knowledge; Networks

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENTARITY; DATABASE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GNSS; HETEROGENEITY; KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES;

EID: 79960638760     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343401003713340     Document Type: Article

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