European integration and the dynamic process of investments and divestments of foreign TNCs in Greece

European Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-59

  Georgopoulos, Antonios ^a   Preusse, Heinz Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; European Union; Greece; International investments; Transnational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144531199     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340610639842     Document Type: Article

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