Foreign investment, divestment and relocation by Japanese electronics firms in East Asia

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-27

  Belderbos, René ^a   Zou, Jianglei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Divestment; Foreign direct investment; Production networks; Relocation

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;

EID: 33644987099     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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