Spatial concentration in the Irish pharmaceutical industry: The role of spatial planning and agglomeration economies

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 338-358

  Van Egeraat, Chris ^a   Curran, Declan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Cluster; Ireland; Pharmaceutical; Spatial concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879502982     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12008     Document Type: Article

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