Creative class and regional growth: Empirical evidence from seven european countries

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-423

  Boschma, Ron A ^a   Fritsch, Michael ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; OCCUPATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 72749113971     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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