Promoting retail innovation: Knowledge flows during the emergence of self-service and supermarket retailing in Britain

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 805-821

  Alexander, Andrew ^a   Shaw, Gareth ^b   Curth, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; RETAILING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19644379780     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3741     Document Type: Review

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