The Faculty of Economics of the Gabriele D'Annunzio University (Chieti and Pescara, Italy) invites submissions of papers and extended abstracts for a conference on small-and-medium business clusters in developing and advanced economies, with a special focus on the Chinese and Italian experiences.

The conference is organized by the Faculty of Economics of the Gabriele D'Annunzio University, in cooperation with the Fondazione Gabriele D'Annunzio, with sponsorship from the Italian Ministry of Universities, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Centre d'études français sur la Chine contemporaine (CEFC).

Invited keynote speakers are Jean-François Huchet and Scott Rozelle.

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit their manuscripts for publication in a special issue of China Economic Review, Comparative Economic Studies, or L'Industria. The procedure for submitting to the symposia will be specified in due course.

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