Skill upgrading and production transfer within Swedish multinationals

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 673-692

  Hansson, Pär ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Horizontal foreign direct investment; Multinational enterprises; Skill upgrading; Vertical foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

LABOR SUPPLY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SKILLED LABOR;

EID: 29444454321     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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