Taiwan's entrepreneurs and international coordination: Evolution of global production network in electronics and it industries

Global Economic Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-62

  Yu, Fu Lai Tony ^a  

^a HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dongguan (Pearl River Delta); Electronics and IT industries; Global production network; Hsinchu (Taiwan); International entrepreneurship; Silicon Valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950737170     PISSN: 1226508X     EISSN: 17443873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12265080802692688     Document Type: Article

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