The Impact of Related Variety on Regional Employment Growth in Finland 1993-2006: High-Tech versus Medium/Low-Tech

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 459-476

  Hartog, Matté ^a   Boschma, R ^a   Sotarauta, M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

evolutionary economic geography; high tech, Finland; regional employment growth; related variety

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EMPLOYMENT; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84866327221     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2012.718874     Document Type: Article

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