Motivation for service sector foreign direct investments in emerging economies: Insights from the tourism industry in Jamaica

Round Table

Volumn 97, Issue 396, 2008, Pages 419-437

  Williams, Densil A ^a   Deslandes, Derrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Foreign direct investment; Service sector; Tourism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 46749087480     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530802057293     Document Type: Article

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