Regional landscape of services in Central and Eastern European countries

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-491

  Stare, Metka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE SECTOR; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444480996     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500092139     Document Type: Article

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