Connecting gender and economic competitiveness: Lessons from Cambridge's high-tech regional economy

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 417-436

  Gray, Mia ^a   James, Al ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; GENDER ISSUE; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

CAMBRIDGE; CAMBRIDGESHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947225238     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37406     Document Type: Article

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