Restructuring the export-oriented industrialization in the Pearl River Delta, China: Institutional evolution and emerging tension

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-157

  Yang, Chun ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Evolution; Export oriented industrialization; Industrial restructuring; Institution; Pearl River Delta; Tension

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; TAIWAN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79960194802     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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