Many roads lead to Rome: Implications of geographic scope as a source of isolating mechanisms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 898-921

  Kim, Minyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

equifinality; functional equivalence; fuzzy set methods; geographic scope; isolating mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887468467     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.39     Document Type: Article

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