Determinants of subcontracting and regional development: An empirical study on Turkish textile and engineering industries

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 633-645

  Taymaz, Erol ^a   Kiliçaslan, Yilmaz ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Industrial development; Networks; Regional development; Subcontracting

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBCONTRACTING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 23144444999     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500151913     Document Type: Article

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