Manufacturing firms' performance and technology commitment - The case of the electronics industry in China

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 385-392

  Li, Ji ^a   Lam, Kevin ^b   Fang, Yong Qing ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Electronics industry; Manufacturing; Performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043190878     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060010345879     Document Type: Article

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