Rethinking the O in Dunning's OLI/Eclectic Paradigm

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 13-34

  Eden, Lorraine ^a   Dai, Li ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclectic paradigm; Internalization theory; John Dunning; OLI paradigm; Ownership advantages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864456269     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X201000008     Document Type: Review

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