Advanced communications and employment creation in rural and peripheral regions: A case study of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-110

  Richardson, Ranald ^a   Gillespie, Andrew ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000967797     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01580539     Document Type: Article

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