Preface

Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts: The Governance of the Global Value Chain

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages xviii-

  Belussi, Fiorenza ^a   Sammarra, Alessia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

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EID: 84917521636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203875551     Document Type: Editorial

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