Capital's search for order: Foreign direct investment in Singapore's overseas parks in Southeast and East Asia

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-54

  Phelps, N A ^a   Wu, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Asia; Foreign direct investment; Multinational enterprises; Regulatory practices; Social order; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MODELING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 62849101775     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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