The relative importance of randstad cities within comparative worldwide corporate networks

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-259

  Wall, Ronald S ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centrality; City ranks; Corporate scales; Multinational networks; Randstad

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349136364     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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