Measuring internationalisation in the mobile telecommunications industry

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 660-681

  Curwen, Peter ^a   Whalley, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internationalisation; Measurement; Mobile; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750976660     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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