Clusters, connectivity and catch-up: Bollywood and bangalore in the global economy

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-534

  Lorenzen, Mark ^a   Mudambi, Ram ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Diasporas; Multinational firms; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIASPORA; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPILLOVER EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84876058882     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs017     Document Type: Article

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