Are foreign subsidiaries technologically superior to local firms? Evidence from Romania

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 5-32

  Voicu, Ioan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; JOINT VENTURE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4143134150     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2004.11041083     Document Type: Article

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