Privatization, foreign acquisition and the motives for FDI in Eastern Europe

Review of World Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 408-427

  Roberts, Barbara M ^a   Thompson, Steve ^b   Mikolajczyk, Katarzyna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Leicester ^*

Author keywords

FDI motivation; Foreign acquisition; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749101360     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-008-0154-z     Document Type: Article

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