On How Firms Located in an Industrial District Profit from Knowledge Spillovers: Adoption of an Organic Structure and Innovation Capabilities

British Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-382

  Camisón, César ^a   Villar López, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84864913287     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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