The dynamic firm-territory nexus of Taiwanese informatics industry investments in China

Growth and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-254

  Hsu, Jinn Yuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745050149     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2006.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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