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Collaborating to Compete: The Case of Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry

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  1. Department of Geography and Planning, The Urban Affairs Center The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

    N. Reid

  2. Department of Economics Center for Regional Development Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

    M. Carroll

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  1. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

    Jay D. Gatrell

  2. The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

    Neil Reid

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Reid, N., Carroll, M. (2006). Collaborating to Compete: The Case of Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry. In: Gatrell, J.D., Reid, N. (eds) Enterprising Worlds. The GeoJournal Library, vol 86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5226-X_5

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