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Cooperation and competition in the industrial district as an organization model

Gabi Dei Ottati Department of Economics, University of Florence, Via Curtatone 1, Florence, Italy
Pages 463-483 | Received 01 Jan 1994, Accepted 01 Aug 1994, Published online: 12 Apr 2007

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