Ruhr firms between dynamic change and structural persistence - globalization, the 'German Model' and regional place-dependence

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-352

  Berndt, Christian ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany, Ruhr; Globalization; Industrial structure

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE;

GERMANY; RUHR;

EID: 0032458386     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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