Business productivity and area productivity in rural England

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 661-675

  Webber, Don ^a   Curry, Nigel ^b   Plumridge, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Gloucestershire ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial structure; Productivity; Rural; Skills

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SKILLED LABOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449463030     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701874156     Document Type: Article

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