Electronics foreign direct investment in Singapore: A study of local linkages in “Winchester City”

European Business Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 196-210

  Brown, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986078546     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555349810221826     Document Type: Article

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