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Swarm, G.M.P. (2005). High-Technology Clusters: Specialisation and Interaction. In: Quadrio Curzio, A., Fortis, M. (eds) Research and Technological Innovation. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1658-2_5

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