The fall and the fragmentation of national clusters: Cluster evolution in the paper and pulp industry

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-241

  Järvinen, Joonas ^a   Lamberg, Juha Antti ^b   Pietinalho, Lauri ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cluster evolution; Cluster vitality; Fuzzy set analysis; Global competition; Paper industry; Strategy; Technology service business

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FUZZY SETS; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PULP; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

CLUSTER EVOLUTION; CLUSTER VITALITY; GLOBAL COMPETITION; PAPER INDUSTRIES; STRATEGY; TECHNOLOGY SERVICE;

PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION; PAPER INDUSTRY; PAPER MILLS; PULP INDUSTRY; PULP MILLS; SET;

EID: 84863335073     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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