The urban emergence of a new information industry: Sydney's multimedia firms

Geographical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-253

  Searle, Glen ^a   De Valence, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Sydney; Graphic design industry; Industry clusters; Labour and market urbanisation economies; Multimedia advertising media cluster

Indexed keywords

MEDIA INDUSTRY; SERVICE SECTOR; URBAN ECONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY; WORLD;

EID: 22244473022     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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