A memoir and reflection: Knowledge and an evolutionary theory of the multinational firm 10 years later

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 505-515

  Kogut, B ^a   Zander, U ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economics; Knowledge; Multinational corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348229198     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400066     Document Type: Review

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