The collaborative strategy in the Taiwan shoe industry

European Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 567-580

  Lee, Tzong Ru ^a   Koh, Toong Chinn Venice ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business enterprise; Competitive strategy; Networking; Shoes; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350327178     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340910998841     Document Type: Article

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