Worlds of production: conventions and the microfoundations of regional economies

Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 339-349

  Sunley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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