Inward flows of information and knowledge in low-tech industrial districts: contrasting the 'few firms gatekeeper' and 'direct peer' models

Knowledge Transfer and Technology Diffusion

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 64-89

  Belussi, Fiorenza ^a   Sedita, Silvia R ^a   Aagec, Tine ^b   Porcellato, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

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EID: 84881912688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857930552.00008     Document Type: Chapter

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