Internationalization and varieties of capitalism: The limited effects of cross-national coordination of economic activities on the nature of business systems

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-481

  Whitley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business systems; Internationalization; Multinationals; Societal institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032364279     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922998347480     Document Type: Article

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