The effects of offshoring to China: Reallocation, employment and productivity in Taiwan

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-38

  Driffield, Nigel ^a   Chiang, P C ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDI; Offshoring; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449144544     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510802638916     Document Type: Article

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