Entrepreneurial growth in industrial districts: Four Italian cases

Entrepreneurial Growth in Industrial Districts: Four Italian Cases

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  Alberti, Fernando G ^a   Sciascia, Salvatore ^b   Tripodi, Carmine ^c,d   Visconti, Federico ^c,d  

^a LIUC University   (Italy)

^b IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^d SDA Bocconi   (Italy)

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