Business regulation, inward foreign direct investment, and economic growth in the new European Union member states

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-321

  Allen, Matthew M C ^a   Aldred, Maria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business systems; Central and Eastern Europe; Comparative capitalisms; Economic growth; European Union; Institutional voids; International business; International investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880169556     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422041311330431     Document Type: Article

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