Understanding social and spatial divisions in the new economy: New media clusters and the digital divide

Economic Geography

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-61

  Perrons, Diane ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; Economic geography; Gender; Inequality; New economy; New media

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MEDIA INDUSTRY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BRIGHTON AND HOVE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 16544375984     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2004.tb00228.x     Document Type: Article

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