Very large enterprises, focal firms and Global Value Chains;Las grandes empresas, las firmas focales y el Valor Añadido Global

Revista de Economia Mundial

Volumn , Issue 23, 2009, Pages 107-130

  Dembinski, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

"Focal firms"; Macroeconomic growth; Productivity; Value chain global; Very large enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957982240     PISSN: 15760162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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