Practicing new economic geographies: A methodological examination

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 442-462

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Actor networks; New economic geographies; Process based methodological framework; Research practices; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 2042528079     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.9302011     Document Type: Article

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