Negotiating with foreign investors: Lessons from the Ghana-VALCO experience

Journal of African Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-35

  Manu, Franklyn A ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Dependency; Ghana; Multinational corporations; Negotiation; VALCO

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; METALS INDUSTRY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

GHANA;

EID: 0037240157     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v04n01_02     Document Type: Article

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