Research notes and commentaries managing knowledge in foreign entry strategies: A resource-based analysis

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-574

  Meyer, Klaus E ^a,b   Wright, Mike ^c,d   Pruthi, Sarika ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entry mode choice; International business strategy; Knowledge intensive firms; Resource augmentation; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

ENTRY MODE CHOICE; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE FIRMS; RESOURCE AUGMENTATION; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 66049143076     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.756     Document Type: Article

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