Influence of location factors on establishment and ownership of foreign investments: The case of the Japanese manufacturing firms in Europe

International Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 577-598

  Somlev, Ilian P ^a   Hoshino, Yasuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Entry mode; Europe; Internationalisation; Location factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844531312     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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