Globalization in a small island context: Creating and marketing competitive advantage for offshore financial services

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 161-174

  Cobb, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0142004614     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2001.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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