Related Variety, Global Connectivity and Institutional Embeddedness: Internet Development in Beijing and Shanghai Compared;La variété liée, la connectivité mondialisée et l'enracinement institutionnel: une comparaison du développement de l'Internet à Beijing et à Shanghai

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1065-1081

  Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Connectivity; Institutions; Internet; Related variety

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84922686710     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.622744     Document Type: Article

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