Emerging multinationals: Outward FDI from the BRICS countries

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-22

  Gammeltoft, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BRIC; BRICS; Emerging economies; FDI; Foreign direct investment; Multinational enterprises; Outward FDI; Outward foreign direct investment; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849100720     PISSN: 14765667     EISSN: 17418194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2008.016184     Document Type: Article

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