On the determinants of cross-border cooperation of Austrian firms with Central and Eastern European partners

Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 947-955

  Huber, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross border cooperation; Internationalization; Networks

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RELATIONS; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0442312978     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340032000143931     Document Type: Article

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