Competitiveness and the post-regional political economy

Local Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 884-893

  Huggins, Robert ^a   Thompson, Piers ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competitiveness; competitiveness index; economic governance; economic institutions; Local Enterprise Partnerships; political economy; Regional Development Agencies; regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887556238     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094213500884     Document Type: Article

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