Critical interventions into the corporate smart city

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-77

  Hollands, Robert G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate; entrepreneurial; governance; inequality; intervention; smart

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING THEORY;

EID: 84936776641     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsu011     Document Type: Article

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