China's shoe manufacturing and the wenzhou model: Perspectives on the world's leading producer and exporter of footwear

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 720-739

  Wei, Y H Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Footwear exports; Footwear production; Global financial crisis; Global production network; Globalization; Industrial district; Regional development; Wenzhou Model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; MODELING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; WENZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 76149090821     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.6.720     Document Type: Article

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