Employment and location patterns of advanced services in non-urban Canada

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-211

  Wernerheim, C Michael ^a   Sharpe, Christopher A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PERIPHERAL REGION; SERVICE SECTOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844266037     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264206042000305411     Document Type: Article

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