Pushing the frontiers of critical international business studies: The multinational as a neo-imperial space

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-106

  Boussebaa, Mehdi ^a   Morgan, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; International business; Multinational companies; Post colonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897059205     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/cpoib-11-2013-0046     Document Type: Article

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