'Imagineering' Asian emerging markets: Financial knowledge networks in the fund management industry

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-642

  Lai, Karen P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Finance; Knowledge; London; Networks; Singapore; Unit trusts

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ASIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745498710     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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