Foreign direct investment in Hungary: Resource acquisition and domestic competitive advantage

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-709

  Hooley, Graham ^a   Cox, Tony ^c   Shipley, David ^c   Fahy, John ^c   Beracs, Jozsef ^b   Kolos, Krisztina ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c NONE

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EID: 0040519244     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490149     Document Type: Article

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