Global finance and the development of regional clusters: Tracing paths in Munich's film and TV industry

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-722

  Zademach, Hans Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Financial investors; Firm finance; Media industry; Regional clusters

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FINANCIAL MARKET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MEDIA INDUSTRY;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MUNICH;

EID: 69749112977     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp029     Document Type: Article

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