The ambivalent role of mimetic behavior in proximity dynamics: Evidence from the French 'Silicon Sentier'

Knowledge Externalities, Innovation Clusters and Regional Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 61-81

  Vicente, Jérôme ^a   Dalla Pria, Yan ^b   Suire, Raphaël ^c  

^a SCIENCES PO TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 84891005303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847207173.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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