Erratum to: International Establishment Mode Choice: Past, Present and Future (Manag Int Rev, 10.1007/s11575-015-0258-3);International Establishment Mode Choice: Past, Present and Future

Management International Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 489-530

  Dikova, Desislava ^a   Brouthers, Keith ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Greenfield; International establishment mode choice; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937889017     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-015-0267-2     Document Type: Erratum

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