Devolution and the politics of business representation in Britain: A strategic - Relational approach

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1835-1854

  Valler, David ^a   Wood, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVOLUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5044241866     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a36231     Document Type: Article

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