Governing the market in a globalizing era: Developmental states, global production networks and inter-firm dynamics in East Asia

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-101

  Yeung, Henry Wai chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

developmental states; East Asia; economic governance; Global production networks; national firms; Singapore; South Korea; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893975294     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2012.756415     Document Type: Article

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