Broadband and knowledge intensive firm clusters: Essential link or auxiliary connection?

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-29

  Mack, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Broadband; Firm location; Knowledge clusters; Technological change

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896488345     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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