Regional development in China: Transitional institutions, embedded globalization, and hybrid economies

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-36

  Wei, Y H Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Embeddedness; Globalization; Hybrid economies; Regional inequality; Transitional institution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34247241034     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.1.16     Document Type: Article

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