Introduction: Place, space and organization-economic geography and the multinational enterprise

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-493

  Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd ^a   McCann, Philip ^a,b   Mudambi, Ram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic geography; International business; Multinationals; Place; Space and organization; Trade

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 77954371555     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq018     Document Type: Article

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