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Firm-Specific Characteristics and the Timing of Foreign Direct Investment Projects

✍ Scribed by Horst Raff; Michael J. Ryan

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
385 KB
Volume
144
Category
Article
ISSN
1610-2878

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