Real options and MNE strategies in Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-169

  Tong, Tony W ^a   Li, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Emerging economies; Multinational enterprises; Real options theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349158654     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9066-z     Document Type: Article

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