Trade unions, wage bargaining coordination, and foreign direct investment

Labour

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-678

  Radulescu, Roxana ^a   Robson, Martin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; OECD; PROFITABILITY; TRADE UNION; WAGE;

EID: 56349139193     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2008.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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