Missing links: Logistics, governance and upgrading in a shifting global economy

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 224-256

  Coe, Neil M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Global production networks; governance; logistics; research agenda; upgrading; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893962929     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2013.766230     Document Type: Article

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