Global cluster networks-foreign direct investment flows from Canada to China

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-71

  Bathelt, Harald ^a,b   Li, Peng Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Global cities; Global city region networks; Global cluster networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894078864     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbt005     Document Type: Article

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