Systems approaches for the industrial development of a developing country

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-377

  Jan, Tain Sue ^a   Chen, Hsing Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developing country; Ecological systems; Evolution; Industrial development; System dynamics; Systems approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644440686     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-005-7168-4     Document Type: Article

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