An exploration of the relationship between country of origin (COE) and the internationalization-performance paradigm

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-392

  Elango, Balasubramanian ^a   Sethi, S Prakash ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Country of origin effect (COE); GDP; Internationalization; Large economics; Performance; Small open economics; Trade in goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347207963     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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