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Manufacturing Demand for Business Services in a Core and Peripheral Region: Does Flexible Production Imply Vertical Disintegration of Business Services?

P. N. O'Farrell Department of Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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L. A. R. Moffat Department of Business Organization, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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D. M. W. N. Hitchens Department of Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
Pages 385-400 | Received 01 Sep 1992, Published online: 05 Aug 2006

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