Global linkages, the Chinese high-tech community and industrial cluster development: The semiconductor industry in Wuxi, Jingsu

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3019-3042

  Chou, Tsu Lung ^a   Ching, Chia Ho ^a   Fan, Shu min ^a   Chang, Jung Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

CHINA; JIANGSU; WUXI [JIANGSU];

EID: 80053029670     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010396237     Document Type: Article

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