Country-of-origin and industry FDI agglomeration of foreign investors in an emerging economy

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-520

  Tan, Danchi ^a   Meyer, Klaus E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

country of origin agglomeration; industry FDI agglomeration; local knowledge; location of FDI; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955077882     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.4     Document Type: Article

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