A conceptual framework for developing-country transnationals: PROTON Malaysia

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Ahmed, Zafar U ^a,b   Humphreys, John H ^b  

^a PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38649125936     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20175     Document Type: Article

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