Extraregional linkages and the territorial embeddedness of multinational branch plants: Evidence from the South Tyrol region in northeast Italy

Economic Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-441

  Perkmann, Markus ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alto Adige; Branch plant; Italy; Multinational corporation; Regional economy; Regional innovation system

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845964270     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2006.tb00324.x     Document Type: Article

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