Can globalisation and global localisation explain foreign direct investment? Japanese firms in Europe

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-153

  Seyf, Ahmad ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalisation; Internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073018     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510151075350     Document Type: Article

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