Organization versus space: The paradoxical geographies of the digital economy

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 256-274

  Moriset, Bruno ^a   Malecki, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INTERNET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 59849125379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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