Causes of the difficulties in internationalization

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-725

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a   Maloney, Mary M ^b   Manrakhan, Shalini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Cost of doing business abroad; Internationalization; Liability of foreignness; Multinational enterprises; Resource based theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548083128     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400295     Document Type: Article

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