Bending workplace institutions in transforming economies: Foreign investment in Poland

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-151

  Hardy, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid; Enabling myths; Foreign investment; Instituting; Transformation in Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244433079     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290500396750     Document Type: Article

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