Cross-border market co-creation, dynamic capabilities and the entrepreneurial theory of the multinational enterprise

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1247-1270

  Pitelis, Christos N ^a   Teece, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 77955254131     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq030     Document Type: Article

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