Explaining employment changes in foreign manufacturing investment in the UK

International Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-497

  Williams, David ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment changes; Entry modes; Foreign owned firms; Impact assessment; Subsidiary types

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038647396     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(03)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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