Cooperative strategies in international business and management: Reflections on the past 50 years and future directions

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 163-175

  Beamish, Paul W ^a   Lupton, Nathaniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

International alliances; Internationalization; Joint ventures; Multinational enterprises; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940774146     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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