Roles of foreign owned subsidiaries in a small economy

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-67

  Hogenbirk, Annelies E ^a   van Kranenburg, Hans L ^b,c  

^a RABOBANK   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; EU; MNE; Sales foci; Small economy; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644452754     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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