Product and geographic scope changes of multinational enterprises in response to international competition

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1149-1170

  Hutzschenreuter, Thomas ^a   Gröne, Florian ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversification; Foreign direct investment; Global competition; Imports; Internationalization; Scope

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949158234     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.4     Document Type: Article

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