Political culture and foreign direct investment: The case of Italy

Economics of Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-56

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Navarra, Pietro ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; MNCs; Political culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342332998     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101010100031     Document Type: Article

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