Are multinational enterprises from the emerging economies global or regional?

European Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 356-365

  Sethi, Deepak ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; FDI; Mergers and acquisitions; Regional MNEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349113785     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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