Inter-firm linkages, ethnic networks, and territorial agglomeration: Chinese computer firms in Los Angeles

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-291

  Zhou, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0000450316     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02406755     Document Type: Article

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