Commoditising learning: Cultural economy and the growth of for-profit business education service firms in London

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-27

  Hall, Sarah ^a   Appleyard, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BUSINESS SERVICE; CULTURAL ECONOMY; EDUCATION; GROWTH RATE; LABOR MARKET; LEARNING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79551715955     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42488     Document Type: Article

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