Evolution, process variety, and regional trajectories of technological change in U.S. manufacturing

Economic Geography

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-284

  Rigby, David L ^a   Essletzbichler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Process variety; Regional trajectories; Technological change

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; PROCESS VARIETY; REGIONAL PATTERN; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

USA;

EID: 0031404687     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1997.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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