Exploring new markets: Direct investment, contractual relations and the multinational enterprise

International Economic Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Horstmann, Ignatius J ^a   Markusen, James R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0030448584     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2527243     Document Type: Article

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