Space, place and innovation: A distance-based approach

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-67

  Shearmur, Richard ^a  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance; Innovation; Manufacturing sectors; Space; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INNOVATION; LOCATION DECISION; LOCATION THEORY; MANUFACTURING; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77749248878     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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