Outward Canadian direct investment and place-specific attributes: An empirical analysis

Geoforum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-245

  Meyer, Stephen P ^a   Green, Milford B ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOWS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT TARGET; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTWARD INVESTMENT; PLACE SPECIFICITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0030424313     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7185(96)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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