The role of joint actions in the performance of IT clusters in Mexico

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-178

  Gutiérrez Martínez, Isis ^a   Duhamel, François ^a   Luna Reyes, Luis F ^a   Picazo Vela, Sergio ^a   Huerta Carvajal, María Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Emerging countries; Institutions for collaboration; IT clusters; Joint actions; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939612044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CR-09-2013-0073     Document Type: Article

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