Organizational space: A new frontier in international business strategy?

Critical perspectives on international business

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-240

  Wai chung Yeung, Henry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Geography; International business; Strategic management; Transnational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844592207     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040510629728     Document Type: Article

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