The spatial evolution of the British automobile industry: Does location matter?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-238

  Boschma, Ron A ^a   Wenting, Rik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DATABASE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447520445     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm004     Document Type: Article

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