City branding: A state-of-the-art review of the research domain

Journal of Place Management and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-27

  Lucarelli, Andrea ^a   Olof Berg, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brand management; Cities; Marketing; Research work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992944068     PISSN: 17538335     EISSN: 17538343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538331111117133     Document Type: Article

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