Why do firms disintegrate? Towards an understanding of the firm-level decision to subcontract and its implications for labor

Labor and the Globalization of Production: Causes and Consequences of Industrial Upgrading

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 104-118

  Sayeed, Asad ^a   Balakrishnan, Radhika ^b  

^a Marymount Manhattan College ^*  (Pakistan)

^b MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 85003393511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230523968     Document Type: Chapter

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