Japanese transnational corporations' knowledge transfer to Southeast Asia: The case of the electrical and electronics sector in Malaysia

International Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 571-586

  Giroud, Axèle ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relations; Electrical and Electronics sector; Japanese firms; Knowledge transfer; Malaysia; Transnational Corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288725     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(00)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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