Beyond ethnic enclaves: location strategies of Chinese producer service firms in Los Angeles

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 228-251

  Zhou, Yu ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344197100     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00114.x     Document Type: Article

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