Transnational Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of Clusters in Peripheral Regions. The Case of the Diamond Cutting Cluster in Gujarat (India)

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1779-1795

  Henn, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENTREPRENEUR; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PERIPHERAL REGION;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84887991910     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.753690     Document Type: Article

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