40 years of research on internationalization and firm performance: More questions than answers?

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-317

  Glaum, Martin ^a   Oesterle, Michael Jörg ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degree of internationalization; Internationalization; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347266179     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0018-0     Document Type: Editorial

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