Multinationality and profitability: The contingency of the investment opportunity set

Managerial Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Riahi Belkaoui, Ahmed ^a   Picur, Ronald D ^a  

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Author keywords

Growth; Investment; Multinationals; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750708611     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074359810765499     Document Type: Article

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