Megacities, regions, and creativity: Geography of talent in China

Sustainable City and Creativity: Promoting Creative Urban Initiatives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 163-179

  Qian, Haifeng ^b   Stough, Roger R ^a  

^a Technopolicy Network (TPN)   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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