The role and influence of Foreign Direct Investment on the development process: The case of the software industry in Romania, China, India and the Philippines

Global Business and Economics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 119-132

  Floyd, David ^a   McManus, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Global strategies; India; Philippines; Romania; Software industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644522391     PISSN: 10974954     EISSN: 17451329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/gber.2006.008779     Document Type: Article

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