Host country cultural influences on foreign direct investment

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-50

  Bhardwaj, Arjun ^a   Dietz, Joerg ^a   Beamish, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; FDI; Foreign direct investment; Host country; Location choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847626309     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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