Internalization theory and the governance of the global factory

Progress in International Business Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-48

  Hillemann, Jenny ^a   Verbeke, Alain ^a,b,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset bundling; Global factory; Internalization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914099840     PISSN: 17458862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1745-886220140000009001     Document Type: Article

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