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Geographers are fond of saying “Everything happens somewhere.” To retort “So what?” may be philistine, but is also legitimate. What differentiates one place from another, and do those differences make a difference for economic development? Does place matter?
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Phillips, F. (2006). Does Place Matter? Quality of Life and Wandering Alumni. In: Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597242_22
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