Industrial restructuring in Romania from a bilateral trade perspective: Manufacturing exports to the EU from 1995 to 2006

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 779-805

  Haar, Laura N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MANUFACTURING; MARKET TRANSITION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ROMANIA;

EID: 77953496561     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2010.481386     Document Type: Article

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