Personal networks, institutional involvement, and foreign direct investment flows into China's interior

Economic Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-281

  Qiu, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China's interior; Foreign direct investment; Institutional involvement; Personal networks; Shaanxi province

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INVESTMENT; NETWORKING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; WORLD;

EID: 24744433780     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2005.tb00270.x     Document Type: Article

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