Intra-firm and extra-firm linkages in the knowledge economy: The case of the emerging mega-city region of Munich

Global Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-137

  Lüthi, Stefan ^a   Thierstein, Alain ^a   Goebel, Viktor ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced producer services firms; High tech firms; Knowledge economy; Mega City Region; Munich; Value chain

Indexed keywords

DRIVING FORCES; EMERGING PATTERNS; HIGH-TECH FIRMS; INTRAFIRM NETWORK; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; PRODUCER SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT; VALUE CHAINS; WORKING RELATIONSHIPS;

CHAINS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MEGACITY; SPATIAL PLANNING;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; MUNICH;

EID: 72249090185     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2010.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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