Do exporters have anything to learn from foreign multinationals?

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 993-1010

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Kneller, Richard ^a   Pisu, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exports; Foreign acquisition; International technology diffusion; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247126006     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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