Collaboration in local economic development: The case of Toledo

Urbani Izziv

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Reid, Neil ^a   Smith, Bruce W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovative industries; Local economic development; Lock in; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864397126     PISSN: 03536483     EISSN: 18558399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2012-23-supplement-1-008     Document Type: Article

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