Networks and internationalisation: The case of multinational corporations entering Ukraine

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-118

  Bridgewater, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Emerging markets; Internationalisation; Multinational corporations; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042783262     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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