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Competitiveness in Regional Clusters. The Case of Océ's ‘Knowledge Industry Clustering’ Project

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Rutten, R., Boekema, F. (2005). Competitiveness in Regional Clusters. The Case of Océ's ‘Knowledge Industry Clustering’ Project. In: Boschma, R.A., Kloosterman, R.C. (eds) Learning from Clusters. The GeoJournal Library, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3679-5_10

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