Modelling the relationship between business cycles and office location: The growth firms

Facilities

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 157-172

  Dettwiler, Paul ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Business development; Facilities; Office layout; Relocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749141706     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770810849490     Document Type: Article

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