Technical compatibility and the mode of foreign entry with network externalities

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 176-206

  Klimenko, Mikhail ^a   Saggi, Kamal ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EID: 33846689887     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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