Localization and the use of information sources: The case of the carpet industry

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-58

  Fuellhart, Kurt ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032909380     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096977649900600104     Document Type: Article

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