Branding Knowledge-intensive Regions: A Comparative Study of Pisa and Oulu High-Tech Brands

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1611-1629

  Pasquinelli, Cecilia ^a   Teräs, Jukka ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

FINLAND; ITALY; OULU [FINLAND]; PISA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

EID: 84886398305     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.722962     Document Type: Article

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