Clusters and Upgrading: a Purposeful Approach

We develop a theoretical model to investigate how backward societies can improve their upgrading capabilities by transforming existing industrial agglomerations into dynamic clusters. Our main assumptions are two: first, emerging market economies are not uniform but characterized by variety of subna...

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Main Authors: Gerald A. McDermott, Héctor O. Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2010-05-01
Series:Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/omee/article/view/14304