Multinational corporations and spillovers

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-277

  Blomström, Magnus ^a   Kokko, Ari ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foreign investment; Multinational corporations; Spillovers; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0031712833     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00056     Document Type: Article

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