Political risk as a determinant of the internationalization strategy of spanish multinational firms;El riesgo político como determinante de la estrategia de localización de las empresas multinacionales españolas

Revista Europea de Direccion y Economia de la Empresa

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-142

  Palmero, Alfredo Jiménez ^a   Herrera, Juan José Durán ^b   De La Fuente Sabaté, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Internationalization; Logistic regression; Multinational firm; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751669633     PISSN: 10196838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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