Forms of industrial development in Chinese specialized towns and types of challenges to European manufacturing SMEs: An Italian perspective

SMEs in a Globalised World: Survival and Growth Strategies on Europe’s Geographical Periphery

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 113-132

  Bellandi, Marco ^a   Caloffi, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 84865398288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849805353.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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