Cathedrals in the Desert? Transnational, Corporate Strategy and Locality in Wrocław

Regional Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 639-652

  Hardy, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; Foreign direct investment; Poland; Regional development; State owned enterprises; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

POLAND, WROCLAW;

EID: 0031792487     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409850119526     Document Type: Article

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