On the conceptualization of agglomeration economies: The case of new firm formation in the Dutch ICT sector

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 263-290

  van Oort, Frank G ^a,b   Atzema, Oedzge A L C ^b  

^a Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542445678     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-004-0195-8     Document Type: Article

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