The call of the wild: Call centers and economic development in rural areas

Growth and Change

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-108

  Richardson, Ranald ^a   Gillespie, Andrew ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

SCOTLAND (HIGHLAND); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042813674     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2257.00200     Document Type: Article

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