Location Decisions and Network Configurations of Foreign Investment in Urban China

Professional Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-283

  Wei, Y H Dennis ^a   Luo, Jun ^b   Zhou, Qiang ^c  

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

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Foreign direct investment; Location decision; Nation state; Production network

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; LOCATION DECISION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 77951099736     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120903546684     Document Type: Article

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