Is there a trend towards global value chain specialization? - An examination of cross border sales of US foreign affiliates

Journal of International Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-141

  Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^b   Petersen, Bent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

FDI; Globalization; US affiliate sales; Value chain specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349245902     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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