The significance of spatial clustering: External economies in the Peruvian small-scale clothing industry

Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 61-92

  Jan Visser, Evert ^a   Rabellotti, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85071044364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203988114-8     Document Type: Chapter

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