Investments of german MNEs into production networks in central european and baltic states;Vokietijos tarptautinių bendrovių investicijos į gamybos tinklus vidurio europos ir baltijos šalyse

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 717-735

  Miškinis, Algirdas ^a   Reinbold, Birgit ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Business environment; Foreign direct investment; Multinational enterprises; Production networks; Push pull factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953177006     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/tede.2010.44     Document Type: Article

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