Edith Penrose's Theory of the Growth of the Firm and the strategic management of multinational enterprises

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-173

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Casson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edith Penrose; Foreign market entry; Global strategic management; Internationalization; Multinational firms; Product diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247262484     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0009-1     Document Type: Article

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