Making the connections: Bringing skill formation into global value chain analysis

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-710

  Ramirez, Paulina ^a   Rainbird, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global value chains; innovation; learning; national business systems; skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651067656     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010380641     Document Type: Article

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