Quality and regional competitiveness

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2237-2252

  Jansson, Johan ^a   Waxell, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INNOVATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80053985151     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4469     Document Type: Article

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