Spatial variations in new manufacturing plant openings: Some empirical evidence from Greece

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-229

  Fotopoulos, Georgios ^b   Spence, Nigel ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Manufacturing; New plant formation; Production links

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; MANUFACTURING;

GREECE;

EID: 0032771662     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409950082418     Document Type: Article

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