Coase and International Business: The Origin and Development of Internalisation Theory

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-66

  Casson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84915822045     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.2706     Document Type: Article

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