Clusters or un-clustered industries? Where inter-firm marketing cooperation matters

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 392-402

  Felzensztein, Christian ^a   Gimmon, Eli ^b   Aqueveque, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chile; Industrial marketing; Inter firm cooperation; Knowledge exchange; Latin America; Marketing information; Regional clusters; Relationship marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861807622     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858621211236061     Document Type: Article

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