Vertical integration in a lean supply chain: Brazilian automobile component parts

Economic Geography

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-42

  Ó hUallacháin, Breandán ^a   Wasserman, David ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile components; Brazil; Tier one suppliers; Trade policy; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURING; SUBCONTRACTING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033017081     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1999.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

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