The formation of economic networks: A proximity approach

Regional Development and Proximity Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 243-266

  Boschma, Ron ^a,b   Balland, Pierre Alexandre ^c   Vaan, Mathijs de ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84957990904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781002896.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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