Technology transfer to China by Hong Kong's cross-border garment firms

Developing Economies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-111

  Thompson, Edmund R ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GARMENT INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0037361203     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2003.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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