Firm participation in financial incentive programmes: The case of subsidies for outward internationalisation

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 792-803

  Bannò, Mariasole ^a   Sgobbi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm participation process; Outward FDI; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649477882     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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