Places through products and products through places: Industrial design and spatial symbols as sources of competitiveness

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-144

  Rusten, Grete ^a   Bryson, John R ^a   Aarflot, Unni ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Branding; Consumers; Design; Firms; Spatial symbols

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548246660     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950701553889     Document Type: Article

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