Strategic Patterns of Internationalization and Performance Variability: Effects of US-Based MNC Cross-Border Dispersion, Integration, and Outsourcing

Journal of International Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-51

  Mauri, Alfredo J ^a   Neiva de Figueiredo, João ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic dispersion; Global integration; Internationalization; Outsourcing; Performance variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856620169     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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