The national origin of the ownership advantages of firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 17-48

  Nachum, L ^a   Rolle, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SERVICE SECTOR;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033493465     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069900000043     Document Type: Article

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