Multinational companies, technology spillovers and plant survival

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 581-595

  Görg, Holger ^a   Strobl, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multinational companies; Plant survival; Technology spillovers

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 9144221989     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2003.t01-1-00003.x     Document Type: Article

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