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Embedded Local Growth: A Theory Taken too Far?

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Taylor, M. (2005). Embedded Local Growth: A Theory Taken too Far?. 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_4

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