Networks and regional economic growth: A spatial analysis of knowledge ties

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1247-1265

  Huggins, Robert ^a   Thompson, Piers ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; knowledge; networks; regions; spatiality

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC GROWTH; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85019556141     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X17692327     Document Type: Article

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