Cluster Evolution and a Roadmap for Future Research

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1295-1298

  Boschma, Ron ^a   Fornahl, Dirk ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster life cycles; Evolutionary economic geography

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84857816705     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.633253     Document Type: Article

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