Industry evolution and cross-sectoral skill transfers: A comparative analysis of the video game industry in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1843-1861

  Izushi, Hiro ^a   Aoyama, Yuko ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750449014     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37205     Document Type: Article

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