Geography of production linkages in the Irish and Scottish microcomputer industry: The role of logistics

Economic Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-303

  van Egeraat, Chris ^a   Jacobson, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Logistics; Production linkages

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; LOGISTICS;

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

EID: 24744453080     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2005.tb00271.x     Document Type: Article

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