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Mapping cultural tightness and its links to innovation, urbanization, and happiness across 31 provinces in China

Roy Y. J. Chua, Kenneth G. Huang, and Mengzi Jin
  1. aLee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 178899 Singapore, Singapore;
  2. bDepartment of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576 Singapore, Singapore;
  3. cDepartment of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, 119245 Singapore, Singapore

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PNAS April 2, 2019 116 (14) 6720-6725; first published March 4, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815723116
Roy Y. J. Chua
aLee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 178899 Singapore, Singapore;
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Kenneth G. Huang
bDepartment of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576 Singapore, Singapore;
cDepartment of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, 119245 Singapore, Singapore
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  • For correspondence: kennethhuang@nus.edu.sg
Mengzi Jin
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  1. Edited by Cristine H. Legare, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Jennifer A. Richeson January 28, 2019 (received for review September 25, 2018)

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vol. 116 no. 14 6720-6725
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815723116
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30833399

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue April 2, 2019.
  • Published first March 4, 2019.

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Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND).

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  1. Roy Y. J. Chuaa,1,
  2. Kenneth G. Huangb,c,1,2, and
  3. Mengzi Jina,1
  1. aLee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 178899 Singapore, Singapore;
  2. bDepartment of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576 Singapore, Singapore;
  3. cDepartment of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, 119245 Singapore, Singapore
  1. Edited by Cristine H. Legare, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Jennifer A. Richeson January 28, 2019 (received for review September 25, 2018)

Footnotes

  • ↵1R.Y.J.C., K.G.H., and M.J. contributed equally to this work.

  • ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: kennethhuang{at}nus.edu.sg.
  • Author contributions: R.Y.J.C., K.G.H., and M.J. designed research, performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. C.H.L. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.

  • See Commentary on page 6522.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1815723116/-/DCSupplemental.

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