The Danish fabricated metal industry: A competitive medium-low-tech industry in a highwage country

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-80

  Hansen, Teis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Fabricated metal industry; Industrial development; Innovation; Low tech

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; METAL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

DENMARK; JUTLAND;

EID: 78650917902     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2010.10669497     Document Type: Article

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