Firm clustering and specialization: A study of Taiwan's machine tool industry

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-422

  Brookfield, Jonathan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm specialization; Industrial districts; Machine tools; Product scope; Taiwan; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849139360     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9047-0     Document Type: Article

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