Knowledge generation and innovativeness in Turkish textile industry: Comparison of Istanbul and Denizli

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1229-1243

  Gülcan, Yaprak ^a   Akgüngör, Sedef ^a   Kuştepeli, Yeşim ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL PLANNING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

DENIZLI [TURKEY]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 79961074167     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.573134     Document Type: Article

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