Innovation, time, and territory: Space and the business organization of Dell Computer

Economic Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-146

  Fields, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business organization; Communications; Dell Computer; Innovation; Territory

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION;

EID: 33748306025     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2006.tb00293.x     Document Type: Article

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