Policy Measures and their Effects in the Different Phases of the Cluster Life Cycle

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1363-1386

  Brenner, Thomas ^a   Schlump, Charlotte ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster; Life cycle; Policy

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857889830     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.529116     Document Type: Article

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