Flying geese in Asia: The impacts of Japanese MNCs as a source of industrial learning

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-26

  Hayter, Roger ^a   Edgington, David W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial learning; Japanese MNCs; Malaysa; Taiwan and Korea; The reverse product cycle model

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 1342290344     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0040-747X.2004.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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