Analysis of productivity differences among foreign and domestic firms: Evidence from Germany

Review of World Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-54

  Temouri, Yama ^a,b   Driffield, Nigel L ^a   Higón, Dolores Añón ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germany; Multinationals; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349108921     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-008-0136-1     Document Type: Article

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