Unions and the welfare impact of foreign direct investment - A wisdom extension

Labour

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-298

  Bughin, Jacques ^a   Vannini, Stefano ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OLIGOPOLY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE UNION;

EID: 0141975340     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00231     Document Type: Article

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