Location and the Innovation Performance of Commercial GIS Companies

Growth and Change

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-22

  Hartung, Valerie ^a   Macpherson, Alan ^b  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0003888443     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0017-4815.00147     Document Type: Article

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