Industrial policy, FDI and employment: Still 'missing a strategy'

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 189-211

  Bailey, David ^a   Driffield, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; FDI; Industrial policy; Regional policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548511331     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: 15737012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-006-7185-8     Document Type: Article

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