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Cluster Advantage and Firm Performance: A Concluding Remark

Authors : Fiorenza Belussi, Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver

Published in: Agglomeration and Firm Performance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This book does not represent only an up-to-date analysis on the industrial districts and clusters (ID/C) theory, involving several experts coming from different academic experiences and European and non-European country origins (Spain, Chaps. 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 14; Italy, Chaps. 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, and 16; Germany, Chap. 3; the UK, Chaps.

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Metadata
Title
Cluster Advantage and Firm Performance: A Concluding Remark
Authors
Fiorenza Belussi
Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver
Copyright Year
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90575-4_17