Bringing history (back) into international business

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-468

  Jones, Geoffrey ^a   Khanna, Tarun ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

History; International business; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746358228     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400198     Document Type: Article

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