International Success of British Companies

Long Range Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-264

  Yip, George S ^a   Rugman, Alan M ^a   Kudina, Alina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKETING; SALES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GLOBAL MARKET SHARE; INTERNATIONAL REVENUES; INTERNATIONALISATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750942524     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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