Innovative workers in relation to the city: The case of a natural resource-based centre (Calgary)

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-54

  Ryan, Camille D ^a   Li, Ben ^a   Langford, Cooper H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attraction; Economic growth; Embeddedness; Expressed preferences; Retention; Talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957639520     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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