Talent in the cold? Creative capital and the economic future of the Canadian north

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-176

  Petrov, Andrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creative capital; Creative class; Periphery; Regional development; The Canadian north

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CAPITALISM; EDUCATION; ENTREPRENEUR; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LABOR; LEADERSHIP; MODELING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FORT SMITH; INUVIK; IQALUIT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SMITHERS; WHITEHORSE; YELLOWKNIFE; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 46749098331     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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