Analysis of business and knowledge networks in an industrial district. An application to the Valencian textile industrial district;Análisis de las redes de negocio y de conocimiento en un distrito industrial. Una aplicación al distrito industrial textil valenciano

Cuadernos de Economia y Direccion de la Empresa

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Molina Morales, F Xavier ^a   Capó Vicedo, Josep ^b   Tomás Miquel, José V ^b   Expósito Langa, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industrial district; Social networks; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871940462     PISSN: 11385758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cede.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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