Competitive drivers and international plant configuration strategies: A product-level test

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 577-593

  Belderbos, René ^a,b   Sleuwaegen, Leo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Multinational firms; Plant location

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING NETWORKS; INTERNATIONAL PLANT CONFIGURATION; OLIGOPOLY; PRODUCT-LEVEL TEST;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 18744369340     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.466     Document Type: Article

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