Local industrial systems and the location of FDI in Italy

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-121

  De Propris, Lisa ^a   Driffield, Nigel ^b   Menghinello, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Count Data Econometrics; Knowledge Sourcing; Local Industrial Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944265090     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357151042000323085     Document Type: Review

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