The governance of global production networks and regional development: A case study of Taiwanese PC Production Networks

Growth and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-53

  Yang, Daniel You Ren ^a,b   Coe, Neil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGGUAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; JIANGSU; SUZHOU; TAIWAN;

EID: 61549097130     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2008.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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