Experience Economy, creative class and business development in small Danish towns

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-202

  Sørensen, Flemming ^a   Fuglsang, Lars ^a   Sundbo, Jon ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Creative class; Denmark; Development; Experiences; Small towns

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960614026     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2010.481376     Document Type: Article

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