Explaining divergent stories of catch- up in the telecommunication equipment industry in Brazil, China, India and Korea

Economic Development as a Learning Process: Variation Across Sectoral Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-71

  Lee, Keun ^a   Mani, Sunil ^b   Mu, Qing ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

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EID: 84881684248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857937896.00006     Document Type: Chapter

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