Choosing international linkage strategies in the electronics industry: The role of multinational experience

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-475

  Castellani, Davide ^a   Zanfei, Antonello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

International linkages; Multinational firms; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348198207     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2681(03)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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