Cyclical clusters in global circuits: Overlapping spaces in furniture trade fairs

Economic Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-448

  Power, Dominic ^a   Jansson, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyclical clusters; Economic geography; Furniture industry; Global circuits; Overlapping spaces; Trade fairs and exhibitions

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GLOBALIZATION; MARKETING; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY;

EID: 58149377699     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2008.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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