Foreign firm entry in an open economy: The case of Portugal

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 465-472

  Barbosa, Natália ^a   Guimaraes, Paulo ^a   Woodward, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; PROFITABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 16544363079     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840410001682160     Document Type: Article

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