Actors’ roles in interaction and innovation in local systems: A conceptual taxonomy

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 269-278

  Guercini, Simone ^a   Runfola, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business network; Focal firm; Industrial district; Innovation; Interaction; Local cluster

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928524082     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBIM-12-2012-0256     Document Type: Article

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