Japanese service sector multinationals and the hierarchy of Pacific Rim cities

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-178

  Edgington, David W ^a   Haga, Hiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SERVICE SECTOR; URBAN HIERARCHY;

PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 7844228080     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8373.00061     Document Type: Article

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