The Kunshan model: Learning from Taiwanese investors

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Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-443

  Chien, Shiuh Shen ^a   Zhao, Litao ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MODELING; URBAN ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; KUNSHAN;

EID: 66149126989     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.34.4.427     Document Type: Article

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