Expanding RTAs, trade flows, and the multinational enterprise

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1206-1227

  Fratianni, Michele ^a,b   Oh, Chang Hoon ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multinational enterprises (MNEs); Multinational strategy; Plurilateral RTAs; Regional integration; Trade blocks; Trade creation and trade diversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949173684     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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