How much does region affect performance?

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-14

  Elango, B ^a   Wieland, Jamie R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Regional effects; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901012217     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBR-10-2013-0061     Document Type: Article

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