The relative influence of country conditions, industry structure, and business strategy on multinational corporation subsidiary performance

Journal of International Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-265

  Christmann, Petra ^a   Day, Diana ^b   Yip, George S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multinational corporations; Performance; Statistical analysis; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033474527     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4253(99)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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