Gateways to globalisation Asia's international trading and finance centres
pt. 1. The legacy of history -- pt. 2. High value-added services and metropolitan dynamism -- pt. 3. Complementarity and rivalry among Asian trading and finance centres
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham [England]
Edward Elgar Pub
2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | pt. 1. The legacy of history -- pt. 2. High value-added services and metropolitan dynamism -- pt. 3. Complementarity and rivalry among Asian trading and finance centres Asia's trading and financial hubs have become global cities which frequently have more in common and closer linkages with each other than with their corresponding hinterlands. As this book expounds, these global cities illustrate to what extent world trends deeply penetrate and permeate the national territorial interiors and processes that were otherwise presumed to be controlled by the State |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 266 p ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9780857934246 9780857934253 |