The New Internalization Theory and Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Economies: A Business History Perspective

Business History Review

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 415-445

  Verbeke, Alain ^a   Kano, Liena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84944168153     PISSN: 00076805     EISSN: 2044768X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007680515000689     Document Type: Review

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