Sticky places in slippery space: A typology of industrial districts

Economic Geography

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-313

  Markusen, Ann ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial districts; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL FORM; URBAN INDUSTRY;

USA;

EID: 0030432979     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144402     Document Type: Article

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