Global marketing strategies : an examination of the Malaysian wooden furniture industry / Jamil Bojei, Mohd. Shahwahid Haji Othman and Yeap Teik Bu

The Malaysian wooden furniture industry's export performance has shown a remarkable I achievement over the last decades. This industry like other natural evolving clusters is characterized by small-and-medium-scale industries (SMIs), labor intensive and less specialized production technology. T...

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Main Authors: Bojei, Jamil (Author), Othman, Mohd. Shahwahid (Author), Yeap, Teik Bu (Author)
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Published: Faculty of Business and Management ; UiTM Press, 2002.
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