Industrial relocation of Hong Kong manufacturing firms: Towards an expanding industrial space beyond the Pearl river delta

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-639

  Liao, Haifeng Felix ^a   Chan, Roger C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Industrial relocation; Industrial Space; Manufacturing; Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

GEMS; RIVERS;

DYNAMIC BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; HONG-KONG; INDUSTRIAL SPACE; INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SPATIAL STRATEGIES; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

FIRM OWNERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANUFACTURING; PROVINCIALISM; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RELOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 81155150925     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-009-9316-3     Document Type: Article

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