Ambient returns: Creative capital's contribution to local manufacturing competitiveness

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-148

  Wojan, Timothy R ^a   McGranahan, David A ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenities; Competitiveness; Entrepreneurship; Product cycle; Rural manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250193930     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500009497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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