The effect of operational flexibility on decisions to withdraw from foreign production locations

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 806-816

  Fisch, Jan Hendrik ^a   Zschoche, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hazard rate analysis; International divestment; Operational flexibility; Production networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864016528     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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