Cable and local economic development: Local authority roles and responses

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-364

  Gibbs, David ^a   Devins, David ^b   Hughes, Geraint ^b   Tanner, Keith ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990403686     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690949608726298     Document Type: Article

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