Knowledge bases,talents, and contexts: On the usefulness of the creative class approach in Sweden

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-442

  Asheim, Bjørn ^a   Hansen, Høgni Kalsø ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business climate; Context; Creative class; Knowledge bases; People climate; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CLASS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 72749122713     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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