Country location choices of service multinationals an empirical study of the international hotel sector

Journal of International Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-317

  Kundu, Sumit K ^a   Contractor, Farok J ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International hotels; Location; Service foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472971     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4253(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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