Towards more realistic conceptualisations of foreign operation modes

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1455-1470

  Benito, Gabriel Rg ^a   Petersen, Bent ^b   Welch, Lawrence S ^c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foreign market entry; International business theory; Mode dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649103176     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.54     Document Type: Article

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