Business segmentation and location revisited: Innovation and the Terra Incognita of large firms

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-442

  Hayter, Roger ^a   Patchell, Jerry ^b   Rees, Kevin ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Innovation; Japanese auto industry; Large firms; Production systems; Segmentation; Size distribution of firms

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; FIRM SIZE; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 0032874233     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409950081275     Document Type: Article

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