Location specificity and the transferability of downstream assets to foreign subsidiaries

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-603

  Anand, Jaideep ^a   Delios, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031488033     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490112     Document Type: Article

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