Regulatory responses to large-format transnational retail in South-east Asian Cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-379

  Mutebi, Alex M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLICY STRATEGY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34247584038     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601136604     Document Type: Article

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