Multinationality, global market diversification and profitability among the largest US firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-335

  Qian, Gongming ^a   Li, Ji ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Global market diversification; Multinationality; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344223021     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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