Cities competition, place marketing and economic development in South Europe: The Barcelona case as FDI destination

Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 5-19

  Metaxas, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Cities competition; Economic development; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; MARKETING; PLANNING PRACTICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN SYSTEM;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79959673277     PISSN: 20653913     EISSN: 20653921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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