Impact of ownership and location factors on service multinationals' internalisation

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-580

  Kundu, Sumit K ^a   Kumar, Vikas ^b   Peters, Susan D ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Internalisation; Location; Ownership; Service sector

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MARKET TRANSITION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SERVICE SECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; POLAND;

EID: 52349092567     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060801988068     Document Type: Article

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