Regional development implications of foreign direct investment in Central Europe

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-70

  Pavlínek, Petr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; Central Europe; Czech Republic; Foreign direct investment; Regional development; Research and development

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; POST-COMMUNISM; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0942288969     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776404039142     Document Type: Article

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