Local production systems and organizational change: Hierarchization and competing firm networks in Marinha Grande, Portugal

European Planning Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-191

  Winther, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MARINHA GRANDE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0038188504     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0965431032000072864     Document Type: Article

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