The locational dynamics of the Japanese plastic-mold manufacturing industry during the microelectronics innovation

Geographical Review of Japan, Series B

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-31

  Oda, Hironobu ^a  

^a National Institute of Technology Toyota College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Division of labor; External economies; Product cycle; Small and medium sized enterprise; Technological innovation; The machinery industry

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031419334     PISSN: 02896001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj1984b.70.10     Document Type: Article

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