Tacit-rich districts and globalization: Changes in the Italian textile and apparel production system

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-685

  McCaffrey, Sara Jane ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Regional economies; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884767920     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwt005     Document Type: Article

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