Location and the Multinational Enterprise: A Neglected Factor?

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-66

  Dunning, John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032364194     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490024     Document Type: Article

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