Global competitiveness and local networks: A review of the literature

Global Competition and Local Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 3-37

  Brown, Peter ^a   Mcnaughton, Rod B ^b  

^a Dunedin City Council   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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