Transnational Corporations and Local Embeddedness: Company Case Studies from Shanghai, China

Professional Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 624-635

  Yeung, Yue Man ^a   Li, Xiaojian ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Local embeddedness; Regional development; Shanghai; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0034481168     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00251     Document Type: Article

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