The Governance of the Multinational Enterprise: Insights from Internalization Theory

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-470

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Strange, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951575056     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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