Applying social network analysis in economic geography: Framing some key analytic issues

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 739-756

  Ter Wal, Anne L J ^a   Boschma, Ron A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 62349090653     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-008-0258-3     Document Type: Article

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