Introduction and overview

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Addison, Tony ^a   Guha Khasnobis, Basudeb ^a   Mavrotas, George ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33645932305     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00754.x     Document Type: Review

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