In search of a useful theory of spatial clustering: Agglomeration versus active clustering

Clusters and Regional Development: Critical Reflections and Explorations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 69-89

  Belussi, Fiorenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203640890     Document Type: Chapter

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