Foreign acquisition, plant survival, and employment growth

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 547-573

  Bandick, Roger ^a   Görg, Holger ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77953203057     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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