Building a bioscience workforce: The Southeast versus the vanguard states

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 262-273

  Leigh, Nancey Green ^a   Walcott, Susan M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioscience; Network creation; Public policy

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

FLORIDA; GEORGIA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036870968     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2002.0023     Document Type: Article

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