Investment environment of Lithuanian resorts: Researching national and local factors in the Palanga case

Transformations in Business and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-83

  Martinkus, Bronislovas ^a   Lukaševičius, Kazys ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Business environment; Development economics; Investment policy; Lithuania; Sea resort Palanga

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249113104     PISSN: 16484460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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