Exports and technological capabilities: A study of foreign and local firms in the electronics industry in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 587-623

  Rasiah, Rajah ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 11144271168     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0957881042000266633     Document Type: Article

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