Vertical integration in american manufacturing: Evidence for the 1980s

Professional Geographer

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-356

  hUallacháin, Breandán Ó ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial restructuring; Manufacturing; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MANUFACTURING; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

USA;

EID: 0030441537     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.1996.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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