An inquiry into the development process of village industries: The case of a knitwear cluster in Northern Vietnam

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 312-330

  Nam, Vu Hoang ^a   Sonobe, Tetsushi ^b   Otsuka, Keijiro ^b  

^a FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARMENT INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KINSHIP; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VILLAGE;

VIET NAM;

EID: 72249099523     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380902952373     Document Type: Article

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