Nordic city regions in the creative class debate - Putting the creative class thesis to a test

Meddelanden fran Lunds Universitets Geografiska Institutioner, Avhandlingar

Volumn , Issue 176, 2008, Pages 165-198

  Andersen, Kristina Vaarst ^a   Hansen, Høgni Kalsø ^b   Isaksen, Arne ^c   Raunio, Mika ^d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creative class; Nordic countries; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549127724     PISSN: 03466787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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