Rising to the Global Challenge: Strategies for Firms in Emerging Markets

Long Range Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-313

  Wu, Jie ^a   Pangarkar, Nitin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EMERGING MARKETS; MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 33750958155     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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