Big firms, long arms, wide shoulders: The 'hub-and-spoke' industrial district in the Seattle region

Regional Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 651-666

  Gray, Mia ^a   Golob, Elyse ^a   Markusen, Ann ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Hub and spoke'; Industrial districts; Regional growth; Seattle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001258004     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409612331349948     Document Type: Article

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