A closer look at the productivity advantage of foreign affiliates

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-34

  De Backer, Koen ^a   Sleuwaegen, Leo ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Multinational Firms; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944256286     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357151042000323111     Document Type: Review

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