A site of transnationalism in the "Ungrounded Empire": Taipei as an interface city in the cross-border business networks

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 654-666

  Hsu, Jinn Yuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross border business networks; Global city; Interface city; Taipei City; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 24344458073     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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