Internationalisation of Japanese professional business service firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-265

  Ström, Patrik ^a   Mattsson, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645876793     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060600570810     Document Type: Article

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