Foreign Investment and Socio-Economic Development in China The Case of Dongguan

Godfrey Yeung investigates the causes and socio-economic effects of foreign direct investment in the Dongguan municipality of southern China during the 1990s. As the first comprehensive research based on primary quantitative and qualitative data undertaken in Dongguan, it illustrates that the inflow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yeung, Godfrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2001, 2001
Series:Studies on the Chinese Economy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Godfrey Yeung investigates the causes and socio-economic effects of foreign direct investment in the Dongguan municipality of southern China during the 1990s. As the first comprehensive research based on primary quantitative and qualitative data undertaken in Dongguan, it illustrates that the inflow of foreign capital has both 'desirable' and undesirable' socio-economic effects. Yeung proposes a new 'dynamic symbiosis' paradigm of foreign direct investment in order the illuminate the complex political and socio-economic relationships of the area
Physical Description:XVIII, 273 p online resource
ISBN:9780333978115