'Institutional thickness' and industrial governance in Lowland Scotland

Area

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-311

  MacLeod, Gordon ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALISATION; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

UK, SCOTLAND, LOWLANDS;

EID: 0031392954     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1997.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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