The competitiveness of business services in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and the South East of England

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1299-1313

  Hitchens, D M W N ^a   O'Farrell, P N ^b   Conway, C D ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SERVICE SECTOR;

IRELAND; UK, ENGLAND, (SOUTHEAST); UK, NORTHERN IRELAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030480028     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a281299     Document Type: Article

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