International acquisitions: Host and home country explanatory characteristics

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-111

  Green, Milford B ^a   Meyer, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0003012770     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.1997.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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