Comparative productivity performance in manufacturing in South and East Asia, 1960-93

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-79

  Timmer, Marcel P ^a   Szirmai, Adam ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING;

(EAST); (SOUTH); ASIA;

EID: 0032950861     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600819908424166     Document Type: Article

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