Creative Cities and Regions: The Case for Local Economic Diversity

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Desrochers, Pierre ^a   Leppälä, Samuli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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EID: 84973365462     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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