Location decision-making characteristics of foreign direct investment in the United States

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-293

  Ulgado, Francis M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative Management; Location Decision making; Multinational Firm Behavior; US Foreign Direct Investment Location

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161603     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(97)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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