Host country characteristics and agglomeration in foreign direct investment

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 833-840

  Braunerhjelm, Pontus ^a   Svensson, Roger ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION PATTERN; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HOST COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SWEDISH FIRM;

EID: 0030513119     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328272     Document Type: Article

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