Global cities and liability of foreignness

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 78-94

  Mehlsen, Kristian ^a   Wernicke, Georg ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global cities; Institutional distance; Liability of foreignness; Location choices; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953402841     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2016.073983     Document Type: Article

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