Tough love: Do Czech suppliers learn from their relationships with multinationals?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 811-833

  Javorcik, Beata S ^a   Spatareanu, Mariana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; FDI spillovers; Multinational suppliers; Productivity; Vertical spillovers

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 71849083612     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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