Inward FDI and host country productivity: Evidence from China's electronics industry

Transnational Corporations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-37

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Clegg, Jeremy ^b   Wang, Chengqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Electronics industry; Foreign direct investment; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947694255     PISSN: 10149562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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