Technological maturity and development without research: The challenge for Malaysian manufacturing

Development and Change

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 435-457

  Narayanan, Suresh ^a   Wah, Lai Yew ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0034163397     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00161     Document Type: Article

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