Choice of location and mode: The case of Australian investors in the UK

International Business Review

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 503-520

  Edwards, Ronald W ^a   Buckley, Peter J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International strategy; Internationalisation; Locational choice; Mode change and choice; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001444845     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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