Foreign direct investment mode choice: Entry and establishment modes in transition economies

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1013-1033

  Dikova, Desislava ^a   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign entry and establishment mode choices; Institutional advancement; International strategy; Technological intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448993978     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400297     Document Type: Article

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