TNC strategies and variations in intra-firm trade: The case of foreign manufacturing affiliates in Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-34

  Ivarsson, Inge ^a   Johnsson, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 0006088291     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0467.00070     Document Type: Article

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