New tendencies in inter-firm relations in the automotive industry and their impact on European periphery suppliers

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-264

  Aller, Ricardo Aláez ^a   Ubillos, Javier Bilbao ^b   Beldarrain, Vicente Camino ^b   García, Juan Carlos Longás ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032848796     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096977649900600305     Document Type: Article

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