Strengths and weaknesses of the outward FDI paths of the Central European countries

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Rugraff, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CENTRAL BANK; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POST-COMMUNISM; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; HUNGARY; POLAND; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77951193180     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631370903525561     Document Type: Article

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