Accessing global value chains? The role of business-state relations in the private clothing industry in Vietnam

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 753-776

  Thomsen, Lotte ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business state relations; Clothing; Entry barriers; Global value chains; New economic geographies; Overseas Chinese; Transition economies; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CLOTHING INDUSTRY; EXPORT; GLOBAL TRADE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 35349015248     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm028     Document Type: Article

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