The Relational Geography of the Knowledge Economy in Germany: On Functional Urban Hierarchies and Localised Value Chain Systems

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-293

  Lüthi, Stefan ^a   Thierstein, Alain ^a   Bentlage, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ECONOMY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84872008849     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012452325     Document Type: Article

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