Contrasting local responses to globalization: The case of volume yacht manufacturing in Europe

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 405-429

  Blundel, Richard ^a   Thatcher, Michael ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusters; Competitiveness; Entrepreneurial firms; Globalization; Yacht Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; MANUFACTURING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 31144475908     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500385619     Document Type: Article

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