The role of clustering in rural industrialization: A case study of the footwear industry in Wenzhou

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-420

  HUANG, Zuhui ^a   ZHANG, Xiaobo ^a   ZHU, Yunwei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Clustering; Financial development; Industrialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749108339     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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