Managing organizational and geographical complexity: The 'positionality' of advanced producer services in the globalizing economies of metropolitan regions

Erdkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-55

  Hanssens, Heidi ^a   Derudder, Ben ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advanced producer services; Automobile industry; Belgium; Economic geography; Metropolitan regions; Port of Ghent; Positionality; World cities

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; GLOBALIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PORT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 84859035661     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2012.01.04     Document Type: Article

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