Firm networks and Korean subsidiaries in the United States

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 396-418

  Gress, Douglas R ^a   Poon, Jessie P H ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548263221     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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