International business and economic geography: Knowledge, time and transactions costs

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-317

  McCann, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign investment; Location; Multinational firms; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GLOBALIZATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 79951547747     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq035     Document Type: Article

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