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The effect of the degree of foreign ownership on firms' performance

Review of Economic Perspectives
Volume 16 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/revecp-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 44
Submitted on: Jun 30, 2015
Accepted on: Jan 29, 2016
Published on: Mar 17, 2016
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
performance,
foreign ownership,
foreign investor,
joint ventures,
Slovak republic
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures

© 2016 Aneta Bobenič Hintošová, Zuzana Kubíková, published by Mendel University in Brno
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