Malaysia's national automotive policy and the performance of proton's foreign and local vendors

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-118

  Rosli, Mohamad ^a   Kari, Fatimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia; Automotive parts; Malaysia; Ownership; Performance; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; OWNERSHIP; STATE ROLE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 37549024982     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661044     Document Type: Article

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