Mirror Images in Different Frames? : Johor, the Riau Islands, and Competition for Investment from Singapore / Francis E. Hutchinson.

In the early 1990s, Singapore, the Malaysian state of Johor, and the Riau Islands in Indonesia sought to leverage their proximity, differing factor endowments, and good logistics connections to market themselves as an integrated unit. Beyond national-level support in all three countries, the initiat...

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Main Author: Hutchinson, Francis E. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2017.

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