Sources of superior performance: Industry versus firm effects among firms in Taiwan

European Planning Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 733-751

  Chen, Yi Min ^a   Lin, Feng Jyh ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MODEL; NEOLIBERALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ANSER;

EID: 33744917547     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500495968     Document Type: Article

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