Internationalization and specialization in the European automotive components sector: Implications for the hollowing-out thesis

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-119

  Sadler, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automotive components industry; Hollowing out; Internationalization; Specialization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANUFACTURING; SPECIALIZATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032966958     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409950122918     Document Type: Article

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