Governing decentralized production: Institutions, public policy, and the prospects for inter-firm collaboration in US manufacturing

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-44

  Whitford, Josh ^a   Zeitlin, Jonathan ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANUFACTURING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442704006     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366271042000200439     Document Type: Article

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