A social capital approach for network policy learning: The case of an established cluster initiative

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-145

  Aragón, Cristina ^a   Aranguren, Mari Jose ^b   Iturrioz, Cristina ^a   Wilson, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^b University of Deusto   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case study; clusters; network policy; policy learning; social capital

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84898688108     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776411434847     Document Type: Article

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