How to turn public networks into clubs? the challenge of being a cluster manager

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-280

  Jungwirth, Carola ^a   Grundgreif, Daniel ^a   Müller, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Club goods; Cluster; Cluster goals; Cluster initiative; Cluster manager; Private funding; Public funding; Public goods; Public network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855364723     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2011.041275     Document Type: Article

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