Getting all motives right: A holistic approach to internationalization motives of companies

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-56

  Tulder, Rob Van ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Intrinsic extrinsic; Motives; Strategic intention realization; Text books

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927750215     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBR-12-2014-0068     Document Type: Article

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