Building external manufacturing capability in emerging markets: Honda's knowledge transfer and the role of local suppliers' responsiveness

Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 77-95

  Tiep, Nguyen Duc ^a,b  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY   (Viet Nam)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Honda; Knowledge transfer; Local supplier; Motorcycle; Responsiveness; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33846671118     PISSN: 10599231     EISSN: 15286940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J098v07n04_05     Document Type: Article

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