Organizational identity and capability development in internationalization: Transference, splicing and enhanced imitation in Tesco's US market entry

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1021-1054

  Lowe, Michelle ^a   George, Gerard ^b   Alexy, Oliver ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capability development; Retail; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; RETAILING;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866344513     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs016     Document Type: Article

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