Catching Regional Development Dreams: A Study of Cluster Initiatives as Intermediaries

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1909-1921

  Laur, Inessa ^a   Klofsten, Magnus ^a   Bienkowska, Dzamila ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84867506943     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.725161     Document Type: Article

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