Foreign operation methods and switching costs: Conceptual issues and possible effects

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-229

  Benito, Gabriel R G ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^b   Petersen, Bent ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Foreign operation methods; Internationalization; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147758     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(98)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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