The strategies of Chinese and Indian software multinationals: Implications for internationalization theory

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-294

  Niosi, Jorge ^a   Tschang, F Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OUTSOURCING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64749087248     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp005     Document Type: Article

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