Effects of social capital on processes in a regional strategic network

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 800-806

  Eklinder Frick, Jens ^a,b   Eriksson, Lars Torsten ^a   Hallén, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bonding; Bridging; Cluster initiatives; Regional strategic networks; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865959702     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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