Global knowledge and R&D foreign direct investment flows: Recent patterns in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-451

  Huggins, Robert ^a   Demirbag, Mehmet ^a   Ratcheva, Violina Iankova ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Foreign direct investment (FDI); India; Knowledge clusters; Knowledge flows; Research and development (R D)

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250674845     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170701390437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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