This book presents a variety of research papers on factories’ locations, city systems, and regional development. Consisting of three parts, it provides insights into the locational aspects of firms’ activities from a strategic perspective. Part 1 discusses decision-making in the context of...

The decision of the Chinese authorities to create a "Chinese socialist" economy owes much to an experiment launched in 1979: the so-called Special Economic Zones. The history of these zones and the implications of their extension to the Chinese economy as a whole are reviewed. Already, many of...