Competitive advantage from exposure to multiple national environments: The induced internationalisation of 'born-multidomestic' firms

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-110

  Lehrer, Mark ^a   Schlegelmilch, Bodo B ^b   Behnam, Michael ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bom global firms; Induced internationalisation; MNCs; Multinational corporations; SAP AG; Software industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549095469     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2009.022636     Document Type: Article

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