• DOI:10.1080/00420980220128390
Corpus ID: 154155858

E-commerce, Competitiveness and Local and Regional Governance in Greater Manchester and Merseyside: A Preliminary Assessment

@article{Evans2002EcommerceCA,
  title={E-commerce, Competitiveness and Local and Regional Governance in Greater Manchester and Merseyside: A Preliminary Assessment},
  author={R. Evans},
  journal={Urban Studies},
  year={2002},
  volume={39},
  pages={947 - 975}
}

• R. Evans
• Published 2002
• Economics
• Urban Studies

This paper assesses two northern cities' relative attractiveness to firms supplying e-commerce services and the relative significance and impact of supportive local and regional interventions. Contrary to the hype, e-commerce has not as yet fundamentally changed the relative status of these two city-regions and appears to be reinforcing existing power relations, hierarchies and income distribution. Local interventions remain at the formative stage and as yet are not as critical as market… Expand