Reassessment of the state role in the development of high-tech industry: A case study of Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park

East Asia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-86

  So, Bennis Wai Yip ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developmental state; Hightech industrial policy; Hsinchu Science Park; Science park; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HSINCHU; TAIWAN;

EID: 33751287096     PISSN: 10966838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12140-006-0023-0     Document Type: Article

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