Embedded economies: Social relations as determinants of foreign direct investment in central and Eastern Europe

Social Forces

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 411-444

  Bandelj, Nina ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036972077     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0001     Document Type: Review

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