Multinationals in the Middle East: Challenges and opportunities

Journal of World Business

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-410

  Mellahi, Kamel ^a   Demirbag, Mehmet ^b   Riddle, Liesl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global strategy; Middle East; Multinationals; Political risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052518092     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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