Globalisation, multinationals and productivity in Japan's lost decade

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-128

  Kneller, Richard ^a   McGowan, Danny ^b   Inui, Tomohiko ^c   Matsuura, Toshiyuki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exit; Globalisation; Japan; Multinational firms; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857458908     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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