The underground revolution in the Sinos Valley: A comparison of upgrading in global and national value chains

Local Enterprises in the Global Economy: Issues of Governance and Upgrading

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 110-139

  Bazan, Luiza ^a   Navas Alemán, Lizbeth ^b  

^a Federation of Industries of Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84896226436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781843769743.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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