The janus-faced economy: Hong Kong firms as intermediaries between global customers and local producers in the electronics industry

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-235

  Meyer, Susanne ^a   Schiller, Daniel ^a   Reviila Diez, Javier ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Customer producerrelations; Eelectronics industry; Governance; Hong Kong; Institutions; Proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349120279     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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