Location and agglomeration of headquarters of publicly listed firms within Chinas urban system

Urban Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 757-779

  Pan, Fenghua ^a   Xia, Yabo ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agglomeration; China; headquarters; institutional context; location; publicly listed firms

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; STATE ROLE; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 84904564320     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2014.909112     Document Type: Article

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