A set of motives to unite them all?: Revisiting the principles and typology of internationalization motives

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-14

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a   Narula, Rajneesh ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Motives; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927702671     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBR-03-2015-0010     Document Type: Article

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