The skills economy and its development: Examples and lessons from a rural region

Policy Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-34

  Huggins, Robert ^a  

^a Newidiem   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012454868     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870120047703     Document Type: Article

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