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Regionalisation, Growth, and Economic Integration

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  1. The School of Water Sciences and International Ecotechnology Centre, Cranfield University, United Kingdom

    Parminder Singh Sahota, Paul Jeffrey & Mark Lemon

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    George M. Korres

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Sahota, P.S., Jeffrey, P., Lemon, M. (2007). Starting with the Local - a Knowledge-Based Approach to Economic Integration. In: Korres, G.M. (eds) Regionalisation, Growth, and Economic Integration. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1925-0_7

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