Clusters, convergence, and economic performance

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1785-1799

  Delgado, Mercedes ^a   Porter, Michael E ^b   Stern, Scott ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic economies of agglomeration; Industry clusters; Inter regional spillovers

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

DYNAMIC ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRY CLUSTERS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INTER-REGIONAL SPILLOVERS; POSITIVE SPILLOVERS; REGIONAL CLUSTERS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 84927690379     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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