Jockeying for position: What it means and why it matters to regional development policy when places compete

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1101-1120

  Malecki, Edward J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Knowledge; Policy; Regional development; World cities

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC POLICY; KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 11244325948     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000292665     Document Type: Review

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