Lost in translation? Local interests, global actors and inward investment regimes

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-515

  Phelps, Nicholas A ^a   Wood, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Inward investment; Political coalitions; Scale

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; MODERNIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748119699     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbl004     Document Type: Article

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