The internationalization process of services firms: A two-case study in Brazil

Latin American Business Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-64

  Sacramento, Isabella ^a   de Almeida, Victor Manoel Cunha ^b   da Silva, Maria Sol Marques ^c  

^a Universidade Candido Mendes   (Brazil)

^b Victor and Schellenberger   (Brazil)

^c SERASA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case studies; Multinational corporation; Services industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449106357     PISSN: 10978526     EISSN: 15286932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J140v03n02_03     Document Type: Article

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