Resource accumulation and overseas expansion by Japanese multinationals

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-302

  Berry, Heather ^a   Sakakibara, Mariko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Foreign direct investment; Intangible assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 37848999862     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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