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Place, Space and Distance: Towards a Geography of Knowledge‐Intensive Business Services Innovation

Richard Shearmur INRS‐UCS, Université du Québec, Montréal, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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David Doloreux Tefler School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pages 79-102 | Published online: 19 Mar 2009

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