Regional anchoring and modernization strategies in non-core regions: Evidence from the UK and Germany

European Planning Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 775-792

  Lagendijk, Arnoud ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MODERNIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 0032760770     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654319908720553     Document Type: Article

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