Collective learning by artisanal subcontractors in a Philippine furniture cluster

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 573-584

  Beerepoot, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clustering; Collective learning; Philippines; Subcontracting; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744806084     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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