Knowledge diffusion and modernization of rural industrial clusters: A paper-manufacturing village in Northern Vietnam

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2105-2118

  Kimura, Yuichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Rural nonfarm sector; Social learning; Technology diffusion; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; KINSHIP; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MODERNIZATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RURAL ECONOMY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; VILLAGE;

VIET NAM;

EID: 81455141545     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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