Motives for foreign direct investment: A view from emerging market multinationals

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-86

  Pananond, Pavida ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Emerging market multinationals; FDI motives; Global value chains; Internationalization process; Upgrading process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927733905     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBR-02-2015-0008     Document Type: Article

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