Service embeddedness and its impact on the value chain and firm internationalisation: In search of a framework

International Journal of Value Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Jack, Robert ^a   As Saber, Sharif ^a   Edwards, Ron ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entry modes; Internationalisation; Product characteristics; Service embeddedness; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447631464     PISSN: 17415357     EISSN: 17415365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2006.009022     Document Type: Article

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