Real options in multinational corporations: Organizational challenges and risk implications

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-230

  Tong, Tony W ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a 325 Jacobs Management Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Downside risk; Foreign direct investment; Multinational corporations; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248363882     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400260     Document Type: Article

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