Seeking greener pastures: A theoretical and empirical investigation into the changing trend of foreign direct investment flows in response to institutional and strategic factors

International Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 685-705

  Sethi, Deepak ^a   Guisinger, Stephen ^a   Ford, David L ^a   Phelan, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Incentives; Institutions; International business; Multinational enterprise strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036883546     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(02)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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