New high-tech industries and windows of locational opportunity: The role of labour markets and knowledge institutions during the industrial era

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-89

  Boschma, R A ^a   Van Der Knaap, G A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0002067199     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0467.00050     Document Type: Article

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