An 'expert labor' approach to business service change

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-349

  Wood, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001460010     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02406757     Document Type: Article

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