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Toward Balanced Growth with Economic Agglomeration : Empirical Studies of China's Urban-Rural and Interregional Development

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Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change : Path Dependency or Regional Breakthrough?

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Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance

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Introduction -- Part I: Service Industries: Growth Factors, Globalization and Innovation -- Part II: Regional Aspects of FDI in Services, Export Decisions, Productivity and Employment -- Part III: Location of Service Industries: Cities, Internationalization, the Case of Some Specific Activities...

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Applied Regional Growth and Innovation Models

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