Measuring competitiveness of cities: Turkish experience

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-281

  Bulu, Melih ^a  

^a ISTANBUL SEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CCI; City competitiveness; Competitiveness index; Knowledge based competitiveness; Measuring competitiveness; Turkey; Turkish cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870280112     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2011.042522     Document Type: Review

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