Port competition between Los Angeles and Long Beach: An institutional analysis

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-372

  Jacobs, Wouter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Competition; Institutions; Long Beach; Los Angeles; Ports

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447530473     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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