Cities and footlooseness: In search of place-bound companies and effective location policies

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 692-708

  van Geenhuizen, Marina ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 35448999627     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0647     Document Type: Article

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