Global Competitiveness and Innovation An Agent-Centred Perspective

The key arguments and debates about globalization have raised searching questions about the significance of national and regional borders for the competitive strategies of individuals, firms and industries. Global Competitiveness and Innovation seeks to a

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Gordon L. Clark and Paul Tracey

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to McGill University - PalgraveConnect - 2012-12-26

Global Competitiveness and Innovation

10.1057/9780230007734 - Global Competitiveness and Innovation, Gordon Clark and Paul Tracey

10.1057/9780230007734 - Global Competitiveness and Innovation, Gordon Clark and Paul Tracey Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to McGill University - PalgraveConnect - 2012-12-26

Global Competitiveness and Innovation Gordon L. Clark University of Oxford UK

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Paul Tracey University of Cambridge UK

10.1057/9780230007734 - Global Competitiveness and Innovation, Gordon Clark and Paul Tracey

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An Agent-Centred Perspective

© Gordon L. Clark and Paul Tracey 2004

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