Society, technology, and region: Contributions from the social study of technology to economic geography

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 966-985

  Truffer, Bernhard ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; INNOVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 43349084792     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a39170     Document Type: Article

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