Mapping producer services networks in mainland Chinese cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3018-3034

  Zhao, Miaoxi ^a   Liu, Xingjian ^b,c   Derudder, Ben ^d   Zhong, Ye ^a   Shen, Wei ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; city network; producer services; urban system

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; RESEARCH METHOD; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84946423255     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014558541     Document Type: Article

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