Do firms benefit from multinationality through production shifting

Journal of International Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Fisch, Jan Hendrik ^a   Zschoche, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDI; Multinationality and performance; Operational flexibility; Production shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954692710     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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