Resource dependence and cross-border constraint-absorption

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-183

  Xia, Jun ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral trade; Constraint absorption; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955085702     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0030-7     Document Type: Article

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