Regional restructuring of the škodaauto supplier network in the Czech Republic

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-155

  Pavlínek, Petr ^a,b   Janák, Luboš ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Automotive components industry; Czechia; Location; Regional development; koda supplier network; Tiers

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; MARKET TRANSITION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34147139492     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407076101     Document Type: Article

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