Psychic distance and environment: Impact on increased resource commitment

European Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-373

  Freeman, Susan ^a   Giroud, Axele ^b   Kalfadellis, Paul ^c   Ghauri, Pervez ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Born globals; Environment; Increased resource commitment; International business; MNEs; Multinational companies; Psychic distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863423500     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341211242150     Document Type: Article

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