Global competition and local cooperation: Success and failure in the Sinos Valley, Brazil

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1627-1650

  Schmitz, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MANUFACTURING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032827331     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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