When and where does foreign direct investment generate positive spillovers A meta-analysis

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1075-1094

  Meyer, Klaus E ^a   Sinani, Evis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Institutions and international business; Meta analysis; MNEs and economic development; MNEs and economic growth; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149095906     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.111     Document Type: Article

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