'Embryonic' knowledge-based clusters and cities: The case of biotechnology in Scotland

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1133-1155

  Leibovitz, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PANACEA;

EID: 2942637718     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980410001675805     Document Type: Article

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