TY - UNPB
T1 - Institutional constraints, path dependence, and entrepreneurship : comparing Nantong and Zhangjiagang, 1984-1996
AU - Zweig, David Stephen
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Location plays a pivotal role in the development of cities in China. Their pace of development varies even among coastal cities. Important factors include: institutional constraints a city faced as reforms emerged and changes to those constraints proffered by preferential policies (youhui zhengce) granted by central or provincial leaders ; its level of “path dependence”; its endowments or comparative advantage; and the entrepreneurship and strategies of its leaders. Although all of these factors are distinct, they are also inter-related. This paper compares two communities in the lower Yangzi River Delta, Nantong and Zhangjiagang’s economic development and internationalization from the 1980s the 1990’s.
AB - Location plays a pivotal role in the development of cities in China. Their pace of development varies even among coastal cities. Important factors include: institutional constraints a city faced as reforms emerged and changes to those constraints proffered by preferential policies (youhui zhengce) granted by central or provincial leaders ; its level of “path dependence”; its endowments or comparative advantage; and the entrepreneurship and strategies of its leaders. Although all of these factors are distinct, they are also inter-related. This paper compares two communities in the lower Yangzi River Delta, Nantong and Zhangjiagang’s economic development and internationalization from the 1980s the 1990’s.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - HKUST Working Papers in the Social Sciences
BT - Institutional constraints, path dependence, and entrepreneurship : comparing Nantong and Zhangjiagang, 1984-1996
ER -