Industrial restructuring and early industry pathways in the Asian first-generation NICs: The Singapore garment industry

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 657-680

  van Grunsven, Leo ^a   Smakman, Floor ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARMENT INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744388324     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37116     Document Type: Article

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