The internationalisation of production systems: Embeddedness, openness and governance

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-515

  Propris, Lisa De ^a   Menghinello, Stefano ^b   Sugden, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Governance; Industrial districts; International networking; Local production systems

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 57049132873     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620802462074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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