Foreign direct investment in a recent entrant to the EU: The case of the automotive industry in Romania

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 748-764

  Egresi, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile manufacturing; Car assembly plants; Car parts suppliers; Citroen; Daewoo; FDI; Ford; General Motors; Renault; Romania

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; MANUFACTURING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42649106195     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.48.6.748     Document Type: Article

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