Regional competitiveness: An elusive yet key concept?

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 991-999

  Kitson, Michael ^a   Martin, Ron ^b   Tyler, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 11244331681     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000320816     Document Type: Article

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