Beyond Networks and Relations: Towards Rethinking Creative Cluster Theory

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 61-75

  Kong, Lily ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Creative Industry; Creative Work; Cultural Capital; Personal Interview; Tacit Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103731889     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9949-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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