Metropolis and its Region—New Relations in the Information EconomyFootnote1

1. The article presents the findings from a research project financed by the Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) under grant no. H02C 016 23. It makes use of some excerpts from the authors' book entitled: Metropolia i jej region: nowe relacje w gospodarce informacyjnej [The Metropolis and Its Region: The New Relationships in the Information Economy] published by Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR, and Maciej Smętkowski's PhD dissertation: “Metropolia-region: nowe relacje w gospodarce informacyjnej (na przykładzie Warszawy i Mazowsza)” [“The Metropolis and the Region: The New Relationships in the Information Economy (on the example of Warsaw and the Mazowsze Region)”]. The article was presented as a paper at the Regional Studies Association International Conference Regional Growth Agendas, Aalborg 28–31 May 2005.

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