Inward FDI and local innovative performance. An empirical investigation on Italian provinces

Review of Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-47

  Ascani, Andrea ^a   Gagliardi, Luisa ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Globalization; Regional development; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939877815     PISSN: 01737600     EISSN: 16139836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10037-014-0084-2     Document Type: Article

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