Broadband provision and firm location in Ohio: An exploratory spatial analysis

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-315

  Mack, Elizabeth A ^a   Grubesic, Tony H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Economic development; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Firm location; Information and communications technologies; Ohio

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149158901     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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