The Evolution of the Wind Industry and the Rise of Chinese Firms: From Industrial Policies to Global Innovation Networks

European Planning Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1341-1356

  Silva, Pedro Campos ^a   Klagge, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84884500328     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.756203     Document Type: Article

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