Legitimacy Spillovers and Political Risk: The Case of FDI in the East African Community

Global Strategy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 10-35

  Stevens, Charles E ^a   Newenham Kahindi, Aloysius ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; FDI; legitimacy; political risk; spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012154472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20425805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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