Regional economies, open networks and the spatial fragmentation of production

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 497-526

  Whitford, Josh ^a   Potter, Cuz ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Economic geography; Economic sociology; Globalization; Outsourcing; Regional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547855930     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwm004     Document Type: Review

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