Global music city: Knowledge and geographical proximity in London's recorded music industry

Area

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-23

  Watson, Allan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Interviews; Knowledge; London; Music industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; MUSIC;

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

EID: 41549160740     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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