Does Place Matter? Quality of Life and Wandering Alumni

Fred Phillips ()
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Fred Phillips: IC2 Institute, University of Texas

Chapter 21 in Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development, 2006, pp 186-189 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 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?

Keywords: Venture Capitalist; College Grad; Place Matter; Frictionless Market; Civic Pride (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230597242_22

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