Fashioning a global city: Global city brand channels in the fashion and design industries

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 889-904

  Jansson, Johan ^a   Power, Dominic ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brand building; Cultural industry; Economic geography; Fashion and design; Global city; Milan

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; WORLD CITY;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 77954293559     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903401584     Document Type: Article

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