Corporate ecologies of business travel in professional service firms: Working towards a research agenda

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-308

  Faulconbridge, James R ^a   Beaverstock, Jonathan V ^b   Derudder, Ben ^c   Witlox, Frank ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business travel; Europe; Mobility; Professional services

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MOBILITY; SERVICE SECTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67649503041     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776409104694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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