Firm rivalry, knowledge accumulation, and MNE location choices

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 504-520

  Alcácer, Juan ^a   Dezs, Cristian L ^b   Zhao, Minyuan ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

game theory; global competition; location strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879343196     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.18     Document Type: Article

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