Strategic coupling in 'next wave cities': Local institutional actors and the offshore service sector in the Philippines

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-260

  Kleibert, Jana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business process outsourcing; Economic globalization; Global production network; Local institutions; Offshoring; Philippines

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTSOURCING; SERVICE SECTOR;

BAGUIO; BENGUET; CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84903907988     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjtg.12044     Document Type: Article

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