An exploratory study on workforce development strategies by Taiwan-invested OEMs in China

Asian Social Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 233-240

  Chin, Tachia ^a   Liu, Ren Huai ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

China; Global value chain; OEM; Taiwan; Upgrading; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893303421     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v10n4p233     Document Type: Article

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