Webs of enterprise 1850-1914: Applying a broad definition of FDI

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 788-806

  Winder, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Business history; FDI; Globalization; TNCs; Webs of enterprise

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 33748452969     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2006.00812.x     Document Type: Review

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