Regional and firm competitiveness in the service-based economy: Combining economic geography and international business theory

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-304

  Ström, Patrik ^a   Wahlqvist, Evelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; International business; Regional competitiveness; Services; Sweden; Theory review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954574467     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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