The effects of the degree of internationalization on firm performance

International Business Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-321

  Riahi Belkaoui, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Internationalization; Nonmonotonic relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040678253     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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