Safeguarding jobs? Acquisition FDI and employment dynamics in U.K. manufacturing

Review of World Economics

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-178

  Girma, Sourafel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FDI; Labour demand; Matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746874070     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-005-0020-1     Document Type: Article

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