Should countries block foreign takeovers of R&D champions and promote greenfield entry?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1083-1124

  Bertrand, Olivier ^a   Hakkala, Katariina Nilsson ^b   Norbäck, Pehr Johan ^c   Persson, Lars ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84865166601     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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