High-Tech Firms' Location Considerations within the Metropolitan Regions and the Impact of Their Development Stages

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-255

  Frenkel, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; FIELD SURVEY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; LOCATION DECISION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RELOCATION;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 84858309052     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.651799     Document Type: Article

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