The multinational corporation's degree of control over foreign subsidiaries: An empirical test of a transaction cost explanation

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 305-336

  Gatignon, Hubert ^a   Anderson, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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