A tale of three countries: Italian, Spanish and Swiss manufacturing operations in China

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 969-992

  Gattai, Valeria ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 50349097659     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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