Do strategic marketing and social capital really matter in regional clustersα Lessons from an emerging economy of Latin America

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 498-507

  Felzensztein, Christian ^a   Brodt, Susan E ^b   Gimmon, Eli ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Inter firm cooperation; Latin America Chile; Regional clusters; Social capital; Strategic marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893703117     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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