Social Capital and Regional Development: An Empirical Analysis of the Third Italy

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 80, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-168

  Boschma, Ron A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dustrial Devel Opment; Industrial District; Namic Network; Small Firm; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103180125     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3679-5_7     Document Type: Chapter

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