Strategic and Organisational Challenges of Internationalisation in Financial Services

Long Range Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 561-587

  Grant, Robert M ^a   Venzin, Markus ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COORDINATION AND CONTROL; CROSS-BORDER; DESIGN STRUCTURE; FINANCIAL SERVICE; FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR; GLOBAL STRATEGIES; INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION; INTERNATIONALISATION; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; NATIONAL MARKETS; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE GAIN; RIGOROUS ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC REQUIREMENTS; VALUE CREATION;

COMPETITION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FINANCE;

FINANCIAL SERVICES; FIRM SIZE; GLOBALIZATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SERVICE SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 70649084890     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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