A note on return on foreign assets and foreign presence for UK multinationals

British Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-170

  Rugman, Alan ^a   Yip, George ^b,d   Jayaratne, Saliya ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capgemini Consulting   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43149126602     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2007.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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