Foreign-owned subsidiaries: A neglected nexus between foreign direct investment, industrial and innovation policies

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 379-390

  Costa, Ionara ^a   Filippov, Sergey ^a  

^a UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; MACROECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 49749099997     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234208X339409     Document Type: Article

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