Foreign and domestic R&D investment

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-380

  Belderbos, René ^a   Fukao, Kyoji ^b   Iwasa, Tomoko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Multinational firms; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449640306     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590802172404     Document Type: Article

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