Unsustainable varieties of capitalism along the Thailand-Malaysia border? The role of institutional complementarities in regional development

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-479

  Andriesse, Edo ^a   van Westen, Guus ^b  

^a Khon Kaen University International College   (Thailand)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Institutional complementarities; Malaysia; Regional development; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349277551     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9107-2     Document Type: Article

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