Subsidiaries, knowledge development and MNE re-investments

Multinationals, Clusters and Innovation: Does Public Policy Matter?

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 160-178

  Andersson, Ulf ^a   Persson, Magnus ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85009286668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230624948     Document Type: Chapter

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