True clusters: A severe case of conceptual headache

Clusters and Regional Development: Critical Reflections and Explorations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 50-68

  Malmberg, Anders ^a   Power, Dominic ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203640890     Document Type: Chapter

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