Knowledge exchange processes in Industrial Districts and the emergence of networks

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-250

  Iandoli, Luca ^a   Ponsiglione, Cristina ^a   Marchione, Elio ^b   Zollo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Industrial districts; Knowledge exchange; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859424332     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-011-0211-x     Document Type: Article

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