Strategies of multinational enterprises of small economies: The case of Greek multinationals in Eastern Europe 1990-2005

Contemporary Corporate Strategy: Global Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 114-130

  Salavrakos, Ioannis Dionysios ^a,b   Saee, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84911109294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932988     Document Type: Chapter

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