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Journal article review introductory template

Note: the questions on this template are very basic and this template is only suitable at the verybeginning of a project. As you progress, you should be asking more comple questions about

what you are reading.

Give the full details of the article: name, year, journal, authors? What journal is this in? Given the journal that itis in, what is the likely slant of the article? (Tip!You can use the itation" feature from #ummon to copy and

paste here$%Blomstrm , M and Kokko, A (1998), Multinational Corporations and Spillovers,Journal of Economic Surveys, ol 1!,

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C&an, A" and 'u, " (!)" *nstitutions and *nvestments+ 'orein -ire.t *nvestment in C&ina durin an /ra o0 e0orm" The

China Journal, (#$), p"92%93

-ri00ield, 4"5 and 5ove, (!$)" 5inkin motivation and &ost .ountr6 e.onom6 produ.tivit6 e00e.ts+ .on.eptual and

empiri.al anal6sis,Journal of International Business Studies, vol 78 (!) #3%#$7

'arrell, " (!8)" apanese investment in t&e orld e.onom6" C&elten&am, K+ /dard /lar"

:reenaa6, - and Kneller, (!$)" 'irm ;eteroeneit6, /" The World Bank Research Observer, 3(1), $#%9#"

&ttp+??d sin *ndustr6 Case Studies to Make elia=le

:eneraliations+ *nstitute 0or *nternational /.onomi.s Center 0or :lo=al -evelopment"

D/C- (!8), -o Multinationals romote Better a6 and Eorkin Conditions>, D/C- /mplo6ment Dutlook, aris"

!hy have you selected this tet and what do you want to achieve from reading it" This is a fundamental&uestion that you ask yourself% What you want to achieve will inform you on how to read the journalarticle% Typical information you mi'ht want to etract is: theories that ) could use in my own study* whatmethods are used in this su+ject area?$%

* sele.t t&ese arti.le =e.ause t&e6 provide a ide vie a=out 'orein -ire.t *nvestment ( de0inition, reason 0or '-*,

advantaes as ell as disadvantaes o0 '-* to t&e &ost .ountr6

!hat type of literature is the paper"(e%'% theoretical, research (reportin' an empirical study$, practice, policy?

are there links with other types of literature?$% )f the paper is empirical (reportin' a study$, 'ive a very +riefsummary of the methods used (e%'% survey, panel data, interviews etc$%

@&eoreti.al and resear.&

What theories are the authors usin' in the paper? #ip$ %ood dissertations have links to theory.

ist any keywords or concepts that help you from this paper%

-conomy 'rowth, spillover effect of ./), technolo'y transfer, productivity, employment rate, environmentpollution, la+or skill%

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Write a two sentence summary of how useful this paper is in helpin' your refine your choice of dissertationtopic%

These article help me to +roaden my knowled'e a+out ./), ) found the way ./) affect the host country and the+enefit as well as draw+ack from ./)

/o you need to keep or i'nore this paper for future reference?

) keep it for future reference if they are essential for my research%

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