Towards a competence theory of the region

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-166

  Lawson, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION THEORY;

CAMBRIDGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032927690     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/23.2.151     Document Type: Article

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