Establishment mode choice: Acquisition versus greenfield entry

The SAGE Handbook of International Marketing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 218-237

  Dikova, Desislava ^a   Brouthers, Keith D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857021007.n11     Document Type: Chapter

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