Social and Sustainability Dimensions of Regionalization and (Semi)globalization

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-72

  Kolk, Ans ^a  

^a University of Amsterdam Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(semi)globalization; MNEs; Regionalization; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649840158     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X201000003     Document Type: Review

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