Industrial agglomeration of Hong Kong and Taiwanese manufacturing investment in China: A town-level analysis in Dongguan

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-517

  Yang, Chun ^a   Liao, Haifeng ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

L22; R12; R5

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MANUFACTURING; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLICY;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; TAIWAN;

EID: 78049436802     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-009-0305-8     Document Type: Article

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