Building a national wind turbine industry: Experiences from China, India and South Korea

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 281-305

  Lewis, Joanna I ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; India; Innovation systems; South Korea; Technology transfer; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954535790     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2011.039768     Document Type: Article

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