Local, regional, or global Quantifying MNE geographic scope

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1192-1205

  Asmussen, Christian Geisler ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Globalization; Internationalization theory; Liability of foreignness; Measurement issues; Regional strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949137345     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.85     Document Type: Article

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