Acquisition versus greenfield investment: The location and growth of Japanese manufacturers in the United States

Regional Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-416

  Ó Huallacháin, Breandán ^a   Reid, Neil ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Direct investment; Greenfield; Growth; Japanese; Location; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001133625     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409750133008     Document Type: Article

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