The nature of multinational firm boundaries: Transaction costs, firm capabilities and foreign market entry mode

International Business Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-290

  Madhok, Anoop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Entry mode; Internalization; Multinational firms; Organizational capabilities; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040084708     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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