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Foreign direct divestment theory : Is it the reverse of FDI theory?

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Boddewyn, J.J. Foreign direct divestment theory : Is it the reverse of FDI theory?. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 119, 345–355 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02706431

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