Wenzhou and the third Italy: Entrepreneurial model regions

Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 23-35

  Walcott, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Development model; Entrepreneurial; Third Italy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODELING; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WENZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 34548483880     PISSN: 10599231     EISSN: 15286940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J098v08n03_03     Document Type: Article

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