The Multinational Enterprise as an Organization

The Oxford Handbook of International Business (2 ed.)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Westney, D Eleanor ^a,b   Zaheer, Srilata ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic theories; Domestic enterprise; Environmental selection; Internationalization; Multinational enterprises; Strategic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923620470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199234257.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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