Flexible specialization, uncertainty, and the firm: Enterprise strategies in the wood remanufacturing industry of the Vancouver metropolitan area, British Columbia

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-219

  Rees, Kevin ^a   Hayter, Roger ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterprise strategy; Flexible specialization; Uncertainty; Vancouver; Wood remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SPECIALIZATION; INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030318329     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1996.tb00449.x     Document Type: Article

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