Global reorganisation in a high-technology industry: The aircraft industry

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-184

  Esposito, Emilio ^a   Raffa, Lelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic supply relationships; Globalisation; High technology industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951433631     PISSN: 14793059     EISSN: 14793067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGSB.2007.015480     Document Type: Article

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