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Global, Regional, and Local: New Firm Formation and Spatial Restructuring in China’s Apparel Industry

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The promising development of China’s export-oriented apparel firms has been largely attributed to (1) the flexible business environment including cheap peasant workers who migrate from western and central region to coastal China, and China’s other low-cost factor inputs, land electricity, and raw materials; (2) loose inspection on import materials and export products in customs; (3) half-hearted implementation of environmental and labor regulations; and (4) preferential tax policies.

Zhu, S. and C. He. 2014. “Global, Regional and Local: New Firm Formation and Spatial Restructuring in China’s Apparel Industry.” GeoJournal, 79 (2): 237–253 (full article reused with some minor modifications).

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    Shengjun Zhu & Canfei He

  2. Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Zhu, S., Pickles, J., He, C. (2017). Global, Regional, and Local: New Firm Formation and Spatial Restructuring in China’s Apparel Industry. In: Geographical Dynamics and Firm Spatial Strategy in China. Springer Geography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53601-8_4

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