MNEs and development: a review and reconceptualization

Journal of World Business

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-120

  Oetzel, Jennifer ^a   Doh, Jonathan P ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic spillovers; Liabilities of foreignness (LOF); Multinational enterprises (MNEs); Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849126965     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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