How Does Investing in Cheap Labour Countries Affect erformance at Home? France and Italy

1. CONFÉRENCE DES NATIONS UNIES SUR UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
LE COMMERCE ET LE DÉVELOPPEMENT
ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Meeting of Experts on
“FDI, Technology and
Competitiveness”
A conference convened in honour of Sanjaya Lall
UNCTAD, Palais des Nations, Geneva
8-9 March 2007
How Does Investing in Cheap Labour
Countries Affect erformance at Home?
France and Italy
Professors Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Davide Castellani
and Anne-Célia Disdier
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