The tortuous road to globalization for Volvo's heavy truck business: Extending the scope of the Uppsala model

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Vahlne, Jan Erik ^a   Ivarsson, Inge ^a   Johanson, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Configuration; Coordination; Globalization; Globalization process

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650551462     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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