An innovative region in China: Interaction between multinational corporations and local firms in a high-tech cluster in Beijing

Economic Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-152

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Xin, Tong ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Information technology sector; Innovative region; Multinational corporations; Spatial cluster

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

BEIJING; CHINA;

EID: 0041707846     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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