Store wars: Changing retail ownership in Beijing

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 573-602

  Wang, Enru ^a   Chan, Kam Wing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing; Beijing Olympics; Chain stores; China; Cooperatives; Department stores; Economic reform; FDI; Franchise outlets; Local government; Ownership structure; Retailing; Supermarkets; Transition; WTO

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; GLOBALIZATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETAILING; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 38549110000     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.5.573     Document Type: Article

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