The determinants of outward foreign direct investment: A firm-level analysis of Indian manufacturing

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-639

  Pradhan, Jaya Prakash ^a  

^a Gujarat Institute of Development Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; MANUFACTURING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10944221946     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360081042000293371     Document Type: Article

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