Paving the way for new regional industrial paths: actors and modes of change in Scania’s games industry

European Planning Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 481-497

  Miörner, Johan ^a   Trippl, Michaela ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

actors of change; digital games industry; modes of change; New regional industrial path development; Scania

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; TYPOLOGY;

SKANE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84979239958     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2016.1212815     Document Type: Article

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