The political economy of transnational corporations: A study of the regionalization of Singaporean firms

Political Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-416

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONALISATION; TRANSNATIONAL PRODUCTION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031867162     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0962-6298(97)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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