Greenfield or acquisition entry: A review of the empirical foreign establishment mode literature

Journal of International Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-429

  Slangen, Arjen ^a   Hennart, Jean François ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Establishment mode choice; Foreign entry; Greenfield; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549061931     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2007.08.001     Document Type: Review

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