Hong Kong as a complex adaptive system

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-55

  Ellis, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0033492481     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289100     Document Type: Article

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