Targeting one’s own region: Internationalisation trends of Colombian multinational companies

European Business Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 531-551

  Gonzalez Perez, Maria Alejandra ^a   Velez Ocampo, Juan Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; DCMC; Internationalisation; Latin America; LLL; Multilatinas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913599785     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EBR-03-2013-0056     Document Type: Article

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