Beyond the 'Global Factory' model: Innovative capabilities for upgrading China's IT industry

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-459

  Ernst, Dieter ^a  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

'Global factory'; Capabilities; China; ICT; Industrialisation; Networks; Upgrading; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749110126     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2007.015459     Document Type: Article

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