Terrorism and international business: A research agenda

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 826-843

  Czinkota, Michael R ^a,b   Knight, Gary ^c   Liesch, Peter W ^d   Steen, John ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate security; Global environment; International business research agenda; Multinational enterprises (MNEs); Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953144489     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.12     Document Type: Article

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