Foreign direct investment outflows in the forest products industry: The case of the United States and Japan

International Forestry Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 632-640

  Nagubadi, R V ^a   Zhang, D W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Forest products industry; Market seeking; Outflows; Resource seeking

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EXCHANGE RATE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; IMPORT; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MARKET CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649209756     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.10.4.632     Document Type: Article

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