Global integration strategies of small and medium multinationals: Evidence from Taiwan

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-57

  Johnson, Julius H ^a   Arya, Bindu ^a   Mirchandani, Dinesh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business unit integration; IT industry; Multinational corporations; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868681450     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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