From M-P to MA-P: Multinationality alignment and performance

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-226

  Powell, K Skylar ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

internalization theory; multinational corporations (MNCs) and enterprises (MNEs); transaction cost analysis; transaction cost economics; transaction cost theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894129917     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.63     Document Type: Article

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