Labor shortages and industrial growth in Penang, Malaysia

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn , Issue 97, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Fold, Niels ^a   Wangel, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; Labor market regulation; Labor shortages; Malaysia; Penang; Third World industrialization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL GROWTH; LABOUR MARKET; LABOUR SHORTAGE;

MALAYSIA, PENANG;

EID: 0031433661     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.1997.10649397     Document Type: Article

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