Relatedness, Industrial Branching and Technological Cohesion in US Metropolitan Areas

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 752-766

  Essletzbichler, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entry; Evolutionary economic geography; Exit; Industrial branching; Industry relatedness; Selection; Technological cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928049090     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.806793     Document Type: Article

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