An internalization theory perspective on the global and regional strategies of multinational enterprises

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-92

  Verbeke, Alain ^a,b,c   Kano, Liena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firm specific advantages; Global strategy; Internalization theory; Multinational enterprise; Regional strategy; Resource orchestration; Resource recombination; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940862631     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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