Twenty key hypotheses that make internalization theory the general theory of international strategic management

Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 7-30

  Grøgaard, Birgitte ^a   Verbeke, Alain ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 84877620128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009147.00007     Document Type: Chapter

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