Supplier upgrading in the home-furnishing value Chain: An empirical study of IKEA's sourcing in China and South East Asia

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1575-1587

  Ivarsson, Inge ^a   Alvstam, Claes Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Global value chains

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; OUTSOURCING; RETAILING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 77957325383     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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