Resources in economic geography: From substantive concepts towards a relational perspective

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1545-1563

  Bathelt, Harald ^a   Glückler, Johannes ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 25444495290     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37109     Document Type: Review

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