The localization of electronics manufacturing in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China: Do global implants put down local roots?

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Meyer, Susanne ^a,b   Schiller, Daniel ^b   Revilla Diez, Javier ^b  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Electronics industry; Hong Kong; Institutions; Networks; Spatial transition

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79960171599     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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