Beyond strategic coupling: Reassessing the firm-region nexus in global production networks

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-245

  MacKinnon, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economic geography; Global production networks; Path dependence; Regional development; Strategic coupling

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84857420363     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbr009     Document Type: Article

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