"We simply have to do that stuff for our survival": Labour, firm innovation and cluster governance in the Canadian automotive parts industry

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 194-221

  Rutherford, Tod D ^a   Holmes, John ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR SUPPLY; MACROECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 34247591968     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2007.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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