Foreign direct investment and economic transition: Panacea or pain killer?

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 881-902

  Jensen, Camilla ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 33748569111     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668130600831084     Document Type: Review

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