US transnationals and the Irish software industry: Assessing the nature, quality and stability of a new wave of foreign direct investment

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-230

  Coe, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 0031393954     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096977649700400302     Document Type: Article

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