Foreign acquisition and firm productivity: Evidence from Slovenia

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1030-1048

  Salis, Sergio ^a  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 50349099631     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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