Technological capability building through backward linkages in the Malaysian petrochemical industry / Zakariah Abdullah

• Main Author: Zakariah, Abdullah
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/1/Title_Page.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/2/120918_1__Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_1_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/3/120918_2_Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_2_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/4/120918_3_Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_3_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/5/120918_4_Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_4_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/6/120918_5_Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_5_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/7/120918_6_Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_6_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/8/120918_7_Zakariah_Abdullah_Chapter_7_.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/9/References.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/10/appendices.pdf; http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Technological+capability+building+through+backward+linkages+in+the+Malaysian+petrochemical+industry&te=; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3966/

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