International technology transfer through local business linkages: The case of Volvo Trucks and their domestic suppliers in India

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-260

  Ivarsson, Inge ^a   Alvstam, Claes Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3142771510     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810410001699975     Document Type: Article

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