Creativity, connections and innovation: A study of linkages in the Montréal Region

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1799-1817

  Stolarick, Kevin ^a   Florida, Richard ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33750397345     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3874     Document Type: Article

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