Where governance fails: Advanced business services and the offshore world

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 330-347

  Wójcik, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advanced business services; finance; governance; investment vehicles; offshore jurisdictions; world cities

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; OFFSHORE FINANCE; WORLD CITY;

EID: 84877665881     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132512460904     Document Type: Article

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