Technological transfer in the perspective of town dimension: The case of Oxford and Oxfordshire, UK

Towns in a Rural World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-195

  Lawton Smith, Helen ^a   Glasson, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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