Optimizing the location of R&D and production activities: Trends in the automotive industry

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1481-1498

  Colovic, Ana ^a   Mayrhofer, Ulrike ^b  

^a NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MOULIN LYON 3   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855583097     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.586175     Document Type: Article

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