Universal Model of theories determining FDI. Is there any dominant theory? Are the FDI inflows in the CEE countries and especially in Bulgaria a myth?

European Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-104

  Bitzenis, Aristidis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Developing countries; Economic theory; Foreign investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986121019     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340310464722     Document Type: Article

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