Geographical Dynamics and Firm Spatial Strategy in China

This book offers the first detailed account of the complex geographical dynamics currently restructuring China’s export-oriented industries. The topics covered are relevant to post-socialist geography, development studies, economics, economic sociology an

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Shengjun Zhu John Pickles Canfei He

Geographical Dynamics and Firm Spatial Strategy in China

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Shengjun Zhu John Pickles Canfei He •

Geographical Dynamics and Firm Spatial Strategy in China

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Shengjun Zhu College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China

Canfei He College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing China

John Pickles Department of Geography University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC USA

ISSN 2194-315X Springer Geography ISBN 978-3-662-53599-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-53601-8

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Jennifer Bair, Robert Begg, Adrian Smith, Gary Gereffi, Meenu Tewari, Elizabeth Havice, Scott Kirsch, and Tu Lan for their careful review and recommendations on some chapters. Colleagues in China assisted in fieldwork and interviews in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. We would like to thank Hua Shan (the office director from the China Textile Planning Institu