Forward and backward linkages of producer-services establishments: Evidence from the montreal metropolitan area

Urban Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 604-632

  Coffey, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0000528950     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.17.7.604     Document Type: Article

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