Internationalization of supply networks inside and outside clusters

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1186-1207

  Chiarvesio, Maria ^a   Di Maria, Eleonora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Globalization; Italy; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350322166     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570911000186     Document Type: Article

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