Financing internationalisation: A case study of an African retail transnational corporation

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 511-537

  Okeahalam, C Charles ^a   Wood, Steve ^b  

^a Benefit Advisory Research Johannesburg   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financing; Internationalisation; Retailing

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FINANCE; GLOBALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RETAILING;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67649236680     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn056     Document Type: Article

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