China's development disconnect

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 628-648

  Florida, Richard ^a   Mellander, Charlotta ^b   Qian, Haifeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Creative class; Human capital; Regional development; Talent; Technology; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84858855884     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44284     Document Type: Article

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