Institutional and economic determinants of transnational retailer expansion and performance: A comparative analysis of Wal-Mart and Carrefour

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1534-1555

  Durand, Cédric ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b  

^a Centre d'Économie de Paris Nord   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RETAILING;

EID: 69249159893     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4137     Document Type: Article

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