Upgrading local economies in central and eastern Europe? the role of business service foreign direct investment in the knowledge economy

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1581-1591

  Hardy, Jane ^a   Micek, Grzegorz ^b   Capik, Paweł ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 80053327683     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.586180     Document Type: Article

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