Towards a geography of knowledge creation: The ambivalences between 'knowledge as an object' and 'knowing in practice'

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-114

  Ibert, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34347264163     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400601120346     Document Type: Article

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