The geography of production linkages in the Irish and Scottish microcomputer industry: The role of information exchange

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-417

  Van Egeraat, Chris ^a   Jacobson, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Information exchange; Ireland and Scotland; Linkages; Multinational enterprises; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746929438     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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