Knowledge dynamics, structural change and the geography of business services

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-467

  Ciarli, Tommaso ^a   Meliciani, Valentina ^b   Savona, Maria ^c  

^a Max Planck Institute of Economics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business services; Knowledge; Regional specialization; Structural change

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861175159     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2012.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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