Is the division of labor limited by the extent of the market?: Evidence from the chemical industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 785-806

  Arora, Ashish ^a   Vogt, William B ^b,c   Yoon, Ji Woong ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; LABOR DIVISION; OUTSOURCING;

EID: 70349625620     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp013     Document Type: Article

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