'The learning economy, the learning firm and the learning region': A sympathetic critique of the limits to learning

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-72

  Hudson, Ray ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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ECONOMIC THEORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; LEARNING; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 0032954115     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096977649900600105     Document Type: Article

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