Multinational corporations - The emerging research agenda

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-147

  Roche, Edward Mozley ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Coordination; Corporate intelligence; Firm specific advantage; Internalization theory; International business enterprises; Interorganizational systems; Multinational corporations; Systems development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012116045     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-8687(96)01030-x     Document Type: Article

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