Getting there fast: Globalization, intercontinental flights and location of headquarters

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-495

  Bel, Germà ^a   Fageda, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airports; Headquarters; Information; Location

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORT; FIRM SIZE; GLOBALIZATION; LOCATION DECISION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 45549099602     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn017     Document Type: Article

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