Competitive interactions: The international investment patterns of Japanese automobile manufacturers

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 864-879

  Rose, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Ito, Kiyohiko ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

FDI location and timing; Internationalization theories and foreign market entry; Oligopolistic reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749110029     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400391     Document Type: Article

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