Internationalization, local adaptation, and subsidiary's entrepreneurship: An exploratory study on Taiwanese manufacturing firms in Indonesia and Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-72

  Lee, Ji Ren ^a   Chen, Jen Shyang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Local adaptation; Subsidiary entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944469308     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022016529140     Document Type: Article

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