Entry Modes and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Inward FDI to Romania

Journal of East-West Business

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-67

  Haar, Laura N ^a   Marinescu, Nicolae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

acquisitions; greenfield investment; multinational performance; Romania

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84896462776     PISSN: 10669868     EISSN: 15286959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10669868.2013.862515     Document Type: Article

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