Culture as an engine of local development processes: System-wide cultural districts I: Theory

Growth and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 555-570

  Sacco, Pier Luigi ^a   Ferilli, Guido ^a   Blessi, Giorgio Tavano ^a   Nuccio, Massimiliano ^b  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; LOCAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL THEORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84890373659     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12020     Document Type: Article

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