The relevance of the world-system approach in the era of globalization of economic flows and networks

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-82

  Van Hamme, Gilles ^a   Pion, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Core; Foreign direct investment; Globalization; Periphery; Trade; World system

Indexed keywords

CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR DIVISION;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84859416886     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2012.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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