Real options theory and international strategic management

A New Generation in International Strategic Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 100-117

  Li, Jing ^a   Tong, Tony W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b School of Dental Medicine   (United States)

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