The transaction costs theory in international business research: A bibliometric study over three decades

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1899-1922

  Ferreira, Manuel Portugal ^a   Pinto, Cláudia Frias ^a   Serra, Fernando Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bibliometric study; Hennart; IB research; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897574838     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1172-8     Document Type: Article

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