Using a combined PLS path and MCDM approach in determining the effectiveness of Taiwan's outward FDI policy

WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1576-1586

  Chiang, Yi Hui ^a,b   Hung, Chih Young ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment (FDI); Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); Parent country; Partial least squares (PLS); Upper limit regulation

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI); MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (MCDM); PARENT COUNTRY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES (PLS); UPPER LIMIT REGULATION;

INVESTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 70349618633     PISSN: 17900832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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