The fight for the middle: Upgrading, competition, and industrial development in China

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1555-1574

  Brandt, Loren ^a   Thun, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive; China; Emerging markets; FDI; Industrialization; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKET CONDITIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 77957320029     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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