Host economy impacts of transnational retail: The research agenda

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-371

  Coe, Neil M ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Host economy impacts; Research agenda; Retailing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RETAILING;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33750386721     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm012     Document Type: Article

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