The effects of entry strategy and inter-firm trust on the survival of Japanese manufacturing subsidiaries in Brazil

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-380

  Ogasavara, Mário Henrique ^a   Hoshino, Yasuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 66849109106     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2008.14     Document Type: Article

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