The effects of Chinese regional conditions on the location choice of Japanese affiliates

Japanese Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-407

  Wakasugi, Ryuhei ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INVESTMENT LOCATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745286471     PISSN: 13524739     EISSN: 14685876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5876.2005.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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