Multinational enterprises, repeat investment and the role of aftercare services in Wales and Ireland

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 783-801

  Fuller, Crispian ^a   Phelps, Nicholas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aftercare services; Corporations; Regions; Repeat investment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

NEXUS;

EID: 5644283513     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000265269     Document Type: Article

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