Moving upward in global value chains: The innovations of mobile phone developers in China

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-321

  Sun, Sunny Li ^a   Chen, Hao ^b   Pleggenkuhle Miles, Erin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Globalization; Innovation; Newly industrialized economies; Telecommunications; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649780615     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506141011094118     Document Type: Article

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