FDI and spillovers in the Swiss manufacturing industry: Interaction effects between spillover mechanisms and domestic absorptive capacities

Progress in International Business Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-287

  Ben Hamida, Lamina ^a   Gugler, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 69249248927     PISSN: 17458862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1745-8862(08)03012-4     Document Type: Review

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