Why India is mainly engaged in offshore service activities, while China is disproportionately engaged in manufacturing?

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-245

  LO, Chu Ping ^a   LIU, Bih Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Offshore; Outsourcing; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349268835     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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