Multinational Performance and the Geography of FDI: Evidence from 46 Countries

Management International Review

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 763-794

  Yang, Yong ^a   Martins, Pedro S ^b,c   Driffield, Nigel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Location choices; Multinationality; Source country

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887621865     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-013-0180-5     Document Type: Article

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