Science Parks and the Co-location of High-tech Small- and Medium-sized Firms in China's Shenzhen

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1073-1089

  Cheng, Fangfang ^a   van Oort, Frank ^a   Geertman, Stan ^a   Hooimeijer, Pieter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INNOVATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MARKET CONDITIONS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84904242816     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013493020     Document Type: Article

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