Information and communication technologies and local economic development policies: The British case

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 765-774

  Gibbs, David ^a   Tanner, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Burnley College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information and communication technologies; Local economic development; Local economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

UK;

EID: 0031404419     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713693400     Document Type: Article

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