Nordic city regions in the creative class Debate-Putting the creative class thesis to a test

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-240

  Andersen, Kristina Vaarst ^a   Hansen, Høgni Kalsø ^b   Isaksen, Arne ^c   Raunio, Mika ^d  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creative class; Nordic countries; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY;

DENMARK; FINLAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951654467     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662711003633496     Document Type: Article

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