Market-seeking motives and market-related promises and actions in foreign direct investment privatization in Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of East-West Business

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-41

  Marinova, Svetla T ^a   Marinov, Marin A ^b   Yaprak, Attila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Central and Eastern Europe; Foreign direct investment; Market seeking motives; Privatization; Promises and actions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRIVATIZATION;

BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042778453     PISSN: 10669868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J097v10n01_02     Document Type: Article

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