A tale of two regions: Comparative versus competitive approaches to economic restructuring

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-370

  Thomas, Holli ^a   Beer, Andrew ^a   Bailey, David ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Competitive advantage; Economic restructuring; Regional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949127904     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802160085     Document Type: Article

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