Exploring financial centre networks through inter-urban collaboration in high-end financial transactions in China

Regional Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 162-172

  Pan, Fenghua ^a   Bi, Wenkai ^a   Liu, Xingjian ^b   Sigler, Thomas ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

advanced producer services; city network; financial network; interfirm collaboration; interfirm network; urban China

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHANGHAI; SHENZHEN;

EID: 85047971210     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1475728     Document Type: Article

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