Regulating investment abroad: The political economy of the regionalization of Singaporean firms

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Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-273

  Yeung, Henry Wai Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REGIONALIZATION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032819285     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8330.00103     Document Type: Article

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