Foreign expansion in service industries - Separability and human capital intensity

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-46

  Bouquet, Cyril ^a   Hébert, Louis ^b   Delios, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Foreign expansion; Human capital intensity; Separability; Service industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347530066     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00282-5     Document Type: Article

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