Trade areas and knowledge-intensive services: The case of a technology centre

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1412-1424

  Baviera Puig, Amparo ^a   Buitrago Vera, Juan ^a   Mas Verdú, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distance; Geography; Knowledge intensive services; Knowledge organizations; Spatial pattern; Technology centres; Trade areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865371946     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211262006     Document Type: Article

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