Everyday effects, practices and causal mechanisms of 'cultural embeddedness': Learning from Utah's high tech regional economy

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-413

  James, Al ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture economy; Embeddedness; Innovation; Mechanisms; Region; Salt Lake City

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33845875176     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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