An overview of U.S. foreign direct investment and outsourcing

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-386

  Marchant, Mary A ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 27944451490     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2005.00232.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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