The race for international markets: Were privatized telecommunications incumbents more successful than their public counterparts?

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-236

  Alonso, José M ^a   Clifton, Judith ^a   Díaz Fuentes, Daniel ^a   Fernández Gutiérrez, Marcos ^a   Revuelta, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

internationalization; Multinational Corporations (MNCs); OECD; political economy; privatization; telecommunications

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OECD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATIZATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84876979157     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2012.734791     Document Type: Article

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