Learning through informal local and global linkages: The case of Taiwan's machine tool industry

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-535

  Chen, Liang Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Industrial cluster; Knowledge linkage; Late industrialization; Machine tool industry; Technological learning

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; EDUCATION; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER; KNOWLEDGE LINKAGE; LATE INDUSTRIALIZATION; MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 61849097815     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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