Diffusion of knowledge and skills through labour markets: Evidence from the furniture cluster in Metro Cebu (the Philippines)

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-88

  Beerepoot, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective learning; Furniture industry; Industrial clusters; Labour force; Philippines

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; SKILLED LABOR; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; CEBU [(PRV) CENTRAL VISAYAS]; CENTRAL VISAYAS; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 37448999054     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620701631522     Document Type: Article

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