Global trade, European integration and the restructuring of Slovak clothing exports;Globálny obchod, Európska integrácia a reštrukturalizácia Slovenského odevného exportu

Ekonomicky casopis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 731-748

  Smith, Adrian ^a   Begg, Bob ^b   Buček, Milan ^c   Pickles, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONALIZATION; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0141680408     PISSN: 00133035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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