Governance and competitiveness in the Birmingham jewellery district

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2465-2486

  De Propris, Lisa ^a   Wei, Ping ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35648968060     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701540895     Document Type: Article

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