The historical geography of Hong Kong investments in the asean region

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-82

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY MNC; DEVELOPING REGION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HISTORICAL STUDY; INVESTMENT FLOWS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OVERSEAS CHINESE; TRANSNATIONAL PRODUCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ASIA, (SOUTHEAST); HONG KONG;

EID: 0030437955     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.1996.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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