Taiwanese-owned footwear factories in China: Organizational capability and brand partnership

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Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-102

  Liu, Ren Jye ^a   Lin, Man Li ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSING KUO UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Footwear industry; Lean system; Organizational capability; Partnership; Taiwanese factories

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549096861     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: 1741590X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X08100948     Document Type: Article

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