Testing the Regional Performance of Multinational Enterprises in the Retail Sector: The Moderating Effects of Timing, Speed and Experience

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Mohr, Alex ^a   Fastoso, Fernando ^b   Wang, Chengang ^b   Shirodkar, Vikrant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84891539915     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12013     Document Type: Article

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