Tacit knowledge in production systems: How important is geography?

The Economic Geography of Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 87-111

  Gertler, Meric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84860338666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493386.005     Document Type: Chapter

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