Building a "Headquarters Economy": The geography of headquarters within Beijing and its implications for urban restructuring

Cities

Volumn 42, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Pan, Fenghua ^a   Guo, Jie ^b   Zhang, Hua ^a   Liang, Jinshe ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Beijing; Headquarters; Headquarters economy; Location; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84907662276     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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