City branding: A facilitating framework for stressed satellite cities

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Merrilees, Bill ^a   Miller, Dale ^a   Herington, Carmel ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brand attitudes; City attributes; City branding; Satellite cities; Stressed cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870548115     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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