External leveraging and technological upgrading among East Asian firms in the US

European Planning Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-118

  Hsu, Jinn Yuh ^a   Poon, Jessie P ^b   Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549044248     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701747993     Document Type: Article

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