Competing capitalisms: Capital investment in American, German, and Japanese firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 729-748

  Thomas III, L G ^a   Waring, Geoffrey ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governance; Home country; International competitiveness; Investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001030693     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199908)20:8<729::aid-smj50>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Article

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