Mode of international entry: The advantages of multilevel methods

Management International Review

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-618

  Arregle, Jean Luc ^a   Hébert, Louis ^b   Beamish, Paul W ^c  

^a EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bernoulli analysis; Entry mode; FDI; Multilevel methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947532542     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-006-0117-3     Document Type: Article

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