Challenges of Korea's foreign direct investment-led globalization: Multinational corporations perceptions

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-181

  Kim, Wan Soon ^a   Lee, You Il ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Globalization strategy; Korea; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 33947359049     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701223001     Document Type: Article

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