Affirmative Action and Economic Liberalisation: The Dilemmas of the Malaysian Automotive Industry

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-441

  Segawa, Noriyuki ^a   Natsuda, Kaoru ^b   Thoburn, John ^b,c  

^a OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affirmative action; automotive industry; bumiputera; industrial policy; Malaysia; motor industry; Proton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904637261     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2014.928847     Document Type: Article

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