Is globalization consistent with the accumulation of FDI inflows in the Balkan countries?: Regionalisation for the case of FDI inflows in Bulgaria

European Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-425

  Bitzenis, Aristidis ^a  

^a South East European Research Centre SEERC   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Economic planning; Globalization; International investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986161471     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340410547017     Document Type: Review

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