Internationalization and performance: The moderating effects of organizational learning

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-205

  Hsu, Chin Chun ^a   Pereira, Arun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Internationalization; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GENERAL MODEL; INTERNATIONALISATION; MODERATING EFFECT; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORK; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247851000     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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