Knowledge seeking and location choice of foreign direct investment in the United States

Management Science

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1534-1554

  Chung, Wilbur ^a   Alcácer, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FDI; Knowledge seeking; Location choice; Random parameter logit

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE SEEKING INVESTMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0036967037     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.48.12.1534.440     Document Type: Article

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