Foreign direct investment and investment under uncertainty

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-357

  Rivoli, Pietra ^a   Salorio, Eugene ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030489379     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490138     Document Type: Article

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