MNE Supply Linkages and the Local SME Sector: Evidence from Yorkshire and Humberside

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-337

  Crone, M ^a   Watts, H D ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992793072     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690940010010783     Document Type: Article

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