Productivity, output, and failure: A comparison of Taiwanese and Korean manufacturers

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 491, 2003, Pages

  Aw, Bee Yan ^a   Chung, Sukkyun ^b   Roberts, Mark J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Finance and Economy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0345405450     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0013-0133.2003.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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