The evolution of external linkages and relational density in the Tuscan leather industry

Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts: The Governance of the Global Value Chain

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 146-171

  Bacci, Lorenzo ^a   Lombardi, Mauro ^b   Labory, Sandrine ^c  

^a Villa La Quiete alle Montalve   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

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EID: 79960770692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203875551     Document Type: Chapter

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