Determinants of call centre location: Some evidence for UK urban areas

Urban Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2751-2768

  Bishop, Paul ^a   Gripaios, Peter ^a   Bristow, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0346274994     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000146876     Document Type: Article

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