Multinationals' productivity advantage: Scale or technology?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-362

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Görg, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847792260     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2006.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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