Emulating the celtic tiger? A comparison of the software industries of Singapore and Ireland

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-55

  Coe, Neil M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SERVICE SECTOR; SOFTWARE;

IRELAND; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032837041     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00042     Document Type: Article

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