Technological relatedness, related variety and economic geography

Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 187-197

  Boschma, Ron ^a   Frenken, Koen ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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