Innovations and geographic focus: A comparison of US and Japanese firms

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-74

  Ito, Kiyohiko ^a   Rose, Elizabeth L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Innovation; Multinational corporations; R D; Sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042282090     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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