The hollowing-out of Hong Kong electronics: Organizational inertia and industrial restructuring in the 1990s

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-234

  Chiu, Stephen W K ^a   Wong, Ka Chung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 5044233064     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1569133041738072     Document Type: Article

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