Manufacturing and competitiveness: The case of Greece

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 535-547

  Pitelis, Christos ^a,b   Antonakis, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Competitive manufacturing; Greece; Industrialized economics; Manufacturing industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346897823     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580310492826     Document Type: Review

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