International Expansion and Contexts of a Global Player from an Emerging Market: The Case of Sabmiller 1993–2013

Global Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 377-392

  Gonzalez Perez, Maria Alejandra ^a   Vasquez Melo, Maria Teresa ^a   Rios Molina, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

brewing industry; emerging markets; entry modes; internationalization; multinational enterprise; SABMiller

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931347332     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: 09730664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0972150915569926     Document Type: Article

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