Local responses to globalization in China: A territorial restructuring process perspective

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 492-517

  Chien, Shiuh Shen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TERRITORIAL PLANNING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 54049105340     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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