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Polenske, K.R. (2006). Clustering in Space Versus Dispersing Over Space. In: Johansson, B., Karlsson, C., Stough, R. (eds) The Emerging Digital Economy. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34488-8_3

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