Sustaining growth in China’s regions through FDI

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 4-22

  Zheng, Ping ^a   Siler, Pamela A ^b   Giorgioni, Gianluigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); panel data; regional economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650829245     PISSN: 17460573     EISSN: 17460581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/wremsd.2006.009073     Document Type: Article

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