Strategic globalizing centers and sub-network geometries: A social network analysis of multi-scalar energy networks

Geoforum

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-89

  Martinus, Kirsten ^a   Sigler, Thomas J ^b   Searle, Glen ^b   Tonts, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate geographies; Economic geography; Energy; Natural resources; Social network analysis; Urban networks

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GLOBALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA;

LACUNA;

EID: 84935890557     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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