Foreign direct investment spillovers in Portugal: Additional lessons from a country study

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-390

  Flôres, Renato G ^a   Fontoura, Maria Paula ^a   Santos, Rogério Guerra ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548399093     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09578810701507126     Document Type: Article

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