The location of activities of manufacturing multinationals in the Asia-Pacific

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 818-839

  Enright, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activity based view; Asia Pacific; Host countryfactors; Incremental internationalization; MNE location decisions; Regional strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650914238     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.2     Document Type: Article

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