Foundations of regional versus global strategies of MNEs

Handbook of Research on International Strategic Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 271-290

  Asmussen, Christian Geisler ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 84881948539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009147.00022     Document Type: Chapter

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