Theories of the Multinational Enterprise

The Oxford Handbook of International Business (2 ed.)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hennart, Jean François ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic manufacturer; Employment contracts; Industrial organization theory; Internalization theory; Multinational enterprises; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923563745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199234257.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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