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What Works for Whom?

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Targeting the Foreign Direct Investor

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The findings of the study as presented in this work have been summarized from the the PhD thesis on which this work is based for the purpose of increasing its readability. However, all key tables are included so that interested readers might make their own examination of the data should more detail be desired.

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Coyne, E.J. (1995). What Works for Whom?. In: Targeting the Foreign Direct Investor. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2299-7_8

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